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

[Jonathan Wilkes]

Ah, great.  Thanks Hans.

-Jonathan

--- On Mon, 2/7/11, 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: Monday, February 7, 2011, 12:14 AM
> 
> On Feb 6, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > --- 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, 11:24 PM
> >>
> >> On Feb 6, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Jonathan Wilkes
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Hans,
> >>>      Two questions:
> >>> 1) widgets and text appear super tiny on
> winxp.
> >> But when I create a
> >>> widget in the tcl shell, say, with "grid
> [button .b
> >> -text Hello]" the
> >>> font size looks fine.  So what exactly
> is
> >> happening in Pd to make
> >>> things
> >>> look too small in windows?  (I remember
> this was
> >> a problem with the
> >>> font bomb but I don't know what the solution
> was.)
> >>
> >> In order to make the patches all look/work the
> same on all
> >> platforms,
> >> Tk scaling is turned off.  On Windows, this
> can mean
> >> small fonts, so
> >> you have to use the scaled fonts that are speced
> in
> >> pd-gui.tcl.
> >
> > How do I specify them?  I don't see them
> specified at all in
> > the code for the "find" dialog but the fonts look fine
> there.
> >
> > -Jonathan
> 
> 
> Its done using classes and the option system.  If you
> make the  
> toplevel of your search like:
> 
>      toplevel .font -class
> DialogWindow
> 
> It'll inherit stuff like that.
> 
> .hc
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >>
> >>> 2) What is the "_" command?  I.e.:
> >>> button .b -text [_ "Search"]
> >>
> >> It marks text for localization.  So if, for
> example,
> >> you are using Pd
> >> in German it'll read "suchen" rather then
> "search".
> >>
> >> .hc
> >>
> >>>
> >>> -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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
> >>>>
> >>>>
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