[PD] Tip of the Day

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:33 PM, András Murányi wrote:

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> 2010/12/6 Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca>
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, András Murányi wrote:
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> Annoying for me, even if i'm interested in the software. But that's  
> just me. For those who find it useful, this could be developed into  
> something that can really be started up when pd starts - sounds like  
> a plugin? :op One way is to rewrite it as a plugin, another is to  
> make a plugin which loads the patch at startup. Either way i'd be  
> happy to help you.
>
> Btw, it doesn't have to be a gui plugin, it can also be a regular - 
> lib that doesn't contain any externals, but instead, just a single  
> call to canvas_open or similar.
>
> Yea, but i cannot help Jonathan with that. What "makes it make  
> sense" however, is that it starts up automatically. One can also  
> modify his/her pd icon so that it starts up with the patch.
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> And btw, lots of people use the word «plugin» to mean library or  
> external,
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> Honestly, you are to first to tell me this, but i'm not so old and  
> haven't really been around the world so much.
>
> so, if by plugin, you mean gui plugin, you ought to be more specific.
>
> Sir I will be Sir. Let me add that i'd reserve the name 'plugin' for  
> things that are pluggable into an API and that is something me and  
> Hans may have a different view about - for him (afaiu) it's almost  
> an API, for me hardly an API. Nevertheless, it's cool. (I won't  
> define 'cool' for you :o)

hehe, its the beginnings of an API, it definitely needs work. :)

As for the Tip of the Day thing, they are common in software, so I  
guess that some people like them.  I think the idea is good, but  
usually the way its presented is not the best.  For example, when I  
start an app, I am usually focused on something that I need to get  
done, so I don't want to see a Tip of the Day screen.  But perhaps  
there is another better time for that, or it could easily be an item  
on the Help menu.

.hc

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