[PD] object to get pdversion/tclversion/basedir

[Jonathan Wilkes]

--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> Subject: Re: [PD] object to get pdversion/tclversion/basedir
> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika at yahoo.com>
> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 4:12 AM
> 
> On Sep 8, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 
> > --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> >> Subject: Re: [PD] object to get
> pdversion/tclversion/basedir
> >> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika at yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> >> Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 11:57 PM
> >>
> >> Digging thru my backlog... in Pd-extended there
> is
> >>
> >> hcs/version
> >> tcl/tcl_version
> >> ggee/getdir
> >>
> >> I agree, it would be nice to have the About Pd
> page be a Pd
> >> patch.  If you make one, I'll include it in
> Pd-extended
> >> 0.43.
> >
> > Ok, here's a 1st attempt.  It would look a lot
> better if I used
> > [entry] to display the Pd version (and possibly tcl
> version) but
> > that object is too buggy to use.
> >
> > The links work assuming about.pd lives in
> doc/5.reference.
> >
> > Btw-
> > /usr/lib/pd-extended/LICENSE.txt, referred to in the
> > current "about pd" textfile, doesn't exist on my
> machine.
> >
> > -Jonathan
> 
> I like the sparks and credits animation!  Where is
> this file designed  
> to go in the file system? I think probably the best place
> would be in  
> lib/pd/doc/about.pd

I made the pddplinks relative to 
doc/5.reference

Here's a revision with the Pd logo.

> 
> .hc
> 
> 
> >
> >>
> >> .hc
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 31, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Jonathan Wilkes
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there an object to get the pdversion? If so
> it
> >> would be nice to
> >>> replace the "Help->About Pd" textfile with
> a pd
> >> patch so the links could
> >>> be clickable. (Also, it would then be possible
> to do
> >> some rolling credits,
> >>> as often happens in an "About this Software"
> window.)
> >>>
> >>> -Jonathan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > <about.pd>
> 
> 
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