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

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Yeah I think so.  I haven't worked out exactly how, but I think Pd- 
extended should include things as plugins whenever possible.

.hc

On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> 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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