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

[Jonathan Wilkes]

I think this is great.  Is it going to become a normal part of 
Pd-extended?

-Jonathan 

--- On Tue, 12/14/10, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> Subject: Re: [PD] Plugin for 0.43 to have a gtk-looking open dialog
> To: "Lorenzo Sutton" <lsutton at libero.it>
> Cc: Pd-list at iem.at
> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 3:31 PM
> 
> 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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