[PD] keyword/regexp search of documentation in a plugin

[Jonathan Wilkes]

I'm making some more changes, like removing the checkboxes and using a 
combobox for the genres.  Also using a combobox to enter search terms 
which has the benefit of a more user friendly drop-down menu for 
a search history (plus less code).

Also, I changed the search function so you can type:
foo bar

and it will match if both foo and bar appear in the document (regardless 
of order).

-Jonathan

--- On Sun, 2/6/11, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:

> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> Subject: Re: [PD] keyword/regexp search of documentation in a plugin
> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "pd-list" <PD-list at iem.at>
> Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 11:29 PM
> 
> Wow, that's really nice! The dynamic updating with the
> checkboxes is  
> impressive.  More features and better
> formatting.  My only complaint  
> is the "No DESCRIPTION tag." message, I say it'd be better
> just blank.
> 
> There is also a weird thing where I can't grab the
> scrollbar and move  
> it, only scroll with the mousewheel.  This is using
> Pd-extended 0.43  
> from 02-02 on Mac OS X 10.5/Intel.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Jan 25, 2011, at 1:03 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 
> > Remixed!
> >
> > -Jonathan
> >
> > --- On Thu, 1/13/11, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> >> Subject: Re: [PD] keyword/regexp search of
> documentation in a plugin
> >> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika at yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: "pd-list" <PD-list at iem.at>
> >> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 6:00 PM
> >> Attached is an updated version:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 12, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Jonathan Wilkes
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 1 the results aren't clickable
> >>
> >> Which platform?  They are for me on
> Ubuntu/maverick,
> >> Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
> >>
> >>> 2 you can't enter multiple non-contiguous
> terms
> >>
> >> Its a regexp really, so it doesn't really do
> keyword
> >> searches.  Ideally, this would use a search
> engine like
> >> xapian, then it could do keyword searches.  I
> just
> >> added code to replace spaces in the searchtext
> with the
> >> regexp code ".*" so that it'll search
> non-contiguous words,
> >> but the first word will always be before the
> second in
> >> search results.
> >>
> >>> 3 no control over AND vs. OR (or is there?)
> >>
> >> regexp
> >>
> >>> 4 doesn't differentiate between
> tutorial/example
> >> patches and object-help
> >>> patches (what if I just want to find the
> object named
> >> 'gate'?)
> >>
> >> Hmm, that wouldn't be too hard to do, I guess it
> would be a
> >> pull down menu of: object, message, comment,
> array, any.
> >>
> >>> 5 most of the results don't fit into the
> window size
> >>
> >> The window should be resizable.
> >>
> >>> 6 full text search makes it impossible to get
> useful
> >> results for 'float',
> >>> array', 'list', etc.
> >>
> >> That sounds like fully typed searching, which
> would be very
> >> nice, but much harder to do.  My goal right
> now is to
> >> get a basic search function working. 
> Hopefully my code
> >> is clear enough that others will make their own
> custom
> >> search plugins.  I could see simple search,
> regexp,
> >> search engine, etc.
> >>
> >>> 7 can't search by inlet, object function,
> author, etc.
> >> (PDDP META tags)
> >>
> >> Why not?  This works for me: author.*steiner
> >>
> >>> 8 non-friendly user interface
> >>
> >> I spruced it up a bit with this latest version.
> >>
> >>> 9 it doesn't seem to be searching the manual
> >>
> >> Ah, I'll add .html to the file types it searches.
> >>
> >> .hc
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I've already got a pd patch that is well on
> its way to
> >> curing 1-8 (posted
> >>> screenshots awhile back), but it requires
> toxy, which
> >> seems to have been
> >>> removed from pd-ext, and there is currently
> no
> >> (non-buggy) tk 'entry'
> >>> object in existence.
> >>>
> >>> -Jonathan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Hans-Christoph Steiner
> <hans at at.or.at>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
> >>>> Subject: [PD] keyword/regexp search of
> >> documentation in a plugin
> >>>> To: "pd-list" <PD-list at iem.at>
> >>>> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 7:10
> AM
> >>>>
> >>>> Hey all,
> >>>>
> >>>> At the strong urging of Sofy Yuditskaya, I
> finally
> >> wrote up
> >>>> a quick
> >>>> interface for searching the Pd docs using
> a
> >> keyword or a
> >>>> regexp.  Its in
> >>>> the form of an 0.43 plugin, so you can
> just drop
> >> it into
> >>>> your
> >>>> user-folder and you should get a "Search"
> item on
> >> the Help
> >>>> menu.
> >>>>
> >>>> Test it out and let me know how it works
> for you.
> >>>>
> >>>> .hc
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>
> >> “We must become the change we want to see. -
> Mahatma
> >> Gandhi
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > <search-plugin.tcl>
> 
> 
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