[PD] console focus after soundfiler load

[Thomas O Fredericks]

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that the old browser's name is file/browser_

Tom

On 7/13/07, Thomas O Fredericks <tof at danslchamp.org> wrote:
> The patch crashes my Pd. Tot (Toxy) has a tendency to do that :) Toxy
> sometimes clashes with Gem and cyclone (I do not remember the details,
> I just remember to stay away from it).
>
> The pdmtl abstractions have multiple browser options. Here is one
> pictured in the top portion of this page:
> http://wiki.dataflow.ws/PdMtlAbstractions/Usage/Browsing
>
> The pdmtl abstractions file browser can browse folders, display &
> highlight  them, browse backwards, etc (like Yves [playlist] but for
> all operating systems). It can store an unlimited number of entries
> and is built with the externals found in Pd Extended.
>
> The new version is coming out in a few days. But you can download the
> old version here (grab a tarball of pdmtl):
> https://devel.goto10.org/listing.php?repname=pdmtl&path=%2Ftrunk%2F&rev=0&sc=0
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 7/13/07, Patrice Colet <megalegoland at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> > oops here is the attachement
> >
> > Patrice Colet a écrit :
> > > Hello,
> > >  it is not only happen under linux, but I don't know about osx.
> > > Let me propose a hack for replacing the cheesy [openpanel],
> > > it's a .wav file browser I've extracted specially for you from a large
> > > project I'm working on. Please let me know if you have errors, or
> > > suggestions, I might improve it for opening other kind of files,
> > > and make a tkinter version with pyext (it will display in -nogui mode).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kevin McCoy a écrit :
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> I would like to make a small request for pd for linux, but I wanted to
> > >> post to the list before putting it on the tracker as a bug or feature
> > >> request - could it be made so that when you load a sample with
> > >> soundfiler, the console window does not get the focus after loading
> > >> the file?  This is no small irritation when loading multiple samples,
> > >> and if one is not running in verbose mode, there's not even any useful
> > >> information provided by the console.
> > >>
> > >> I am running ubuntu studio 7.04 with gnome/fluxbox.  I know that the
> > >> only message that comes back from a soundfiler load in verbose is that
> > >> it was successful.  Other messages, however, don't cause the console
> > >> to get focus - they simply appear in the terminal in the background.
> > >> Is there a workaround for this, or can it be addressed in the code?
> > >> Was it done on purpose, perhaps?
> > >>
> > >> I have tested this with 39-2 extended and Miller's 0.40-2, but perhaps
> > >> the request could apply for all versions of pd on linux.  This never
> > >> seemed to be an issue on OS X when I was using that.  I personally
> > >> don't think the console should ever be forced to the front of the
> > >> screen after startup, but should rather run quietly in the background,
> > >> available for reference when it is called upon.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> k
> > >>
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