[PD] Plugin for 0.43 to have a gtk-looking open dialog

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:05 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [PD] Plugin for 0.43 to have a gtk-looking open dialog
> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> To: Lorenzo Sutton <lsutton at libero.it>
> CC: Pd-list at iem.at
> Date: 12/14/2010 12:41 AM
>> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 17:12 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
>>> I eventually had a look into the GUI plug-in stuff and came up  
>>> with this.
>>>
>>> It uses a zenity-inspired gtk binary to make the dialogue (not
>>> particularly finesse, but easier thank tcl/gtk). Source and binary  
>>> as
>>> well as the tcl plugin here:
>>>
>>> http://puredata.info/Members/lorenzosu/gtk-open-plugin/gtk-open-plugin
>> That's great!  So much better than the crappy Tcl/Tk open panel.  It
>> would be great to have the save panel too. I added code so that the
>> plugin finds pd_gtk_open in the searchpath, that's attached. I also
>> think an install target for the Makefile would make it really easy to
>> install:
> Hey thanks for that. I already have the binary for the save dialog,  
> I just have to figure out how to make the plug-in.

Now that I spend a couple hours with the GTK open panel, it felt so  
natural I was shocked when I removed the plugin.  Looking forward to  
the save panel!

>> install:
>> 	install -d ~/pd-externals/
>> 	install -p -m644 gtkopen-plugin.tcl ~/pd-externals/
>> 	install -p -m755 $(PROGRAM) ~/pd-externals/
> Ok.. but I think someone was raising the issue of a ~/pd-externals  
> dir being created. Anyway it does make sense to distribute the plug-in

I believe the objection you mention is that Pd-extended automatically  
creates ~/pd-externals.  ~/pd-externals is the standard user-install  
path for Pd-vanilla and Pd-extended.  No sudo or root access needed.

.hc

>> If you want to publicize this, you could add it to the GUI Plugins
>> section of the new download page:
>> http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/
>> http://puredata.info/docs/sitedocs/AddingYourProjectToDownloads
> I'll do that as soon as I have time, maybe once the save is done...  
> An open without  a matching save seems a bit strange atm :)
>
> Lorenzo
>> .hc
>




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