[PD] Hidden folders in PD open/save dialog

[danomatika]

Sorry.

> set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 1
> set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 0

This doesn't work, but the code from my test script does.  I inserted it
after the Pd-Extended font hacks, around line 42.

<code>

# begin hack to hide hidden files/folder in tk browser on unix
----------
if {$pd_nt == 0} {
    # load the dialog once, otherwise setting the vars will not work
    catch {tk_getOpenFile -with-invalid-argument}

    # change the environment variables
    namespace eval ::tk::dialog::file {
    variable showHiddenBtn 1
    variable showHiddenVar 0
    }
}
# end hidden files/folder hack ------------------

</code>

Now open/save/saveas dialogs hide hidden files and show the toggle
button.  Awesome!  Ok, I assume I might as well open a dev account
somewhere are add this as a patch?

Someone else try this in Linux.

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 17:11 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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> You should be able to set that variable in pd.tk and have it work
> without modifying the other file.  Try just adding
> set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 1
> set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 0
> Somewhere near the top of the pd.tk.
> .hc
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> On Apr 2, 2008, at 2:17 PM, danomatika wrote:
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> > IOhannes, you found the magic bullet (or forum post, that is)!
> > 
> > Awesome, I can confirm this works in a little test script and
> > screenshot.  It's a button to toggle
> > hidden file display as expected.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 10:55 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: 
> > 
> > > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > > > This would be huge, it would greatly help the newbies.  In workshops,  
> > > > a lot of people had trouble with those open/save panels.
> > > > 
> > > > There are quite a few apps written with Tcl/Tk for GNU/Linux, so I am  
> > > > sure we are not the first to want this feature.  I would be very  
> > > > surprised if another Tcl/Tk app hasn't solved this already.
> > > 
> > > according to http://www.groupsrv.com/computers/about266840.html it is 
> > > acutally already built into tk-8.4 but not exposed!
> > > 
> > > quoting this article:
> > >  >
> > >  > If you have Tcl/Tk 8.4.12, find the file "tkfbox.tcl" in your Tk
> > >  > installation. At line 777, you will see:
> > >  >
> > >  > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 0
> > >  > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 1
> > >  >
> > >  > Replace them by:
> > >  >
> > >  > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenBtn 1
> > >  > set ::tk::dialog::file::showHiddenVar 0
> > >  >
> > >  > And you're done...
> > > 
> > > mfgasd.r
> > > IOhannes
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dan Wilcox
> > robotcowboy.com
> > <tk_file_dialog.png><tk_file_dialog_test.tcl>
> > 
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