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

[Jonathan Wilkes]

Hi Hans,
     I think your find_doc_files proc is doing double duty-- for 
example, if cyclone/gate-help.pd matches the search terms, I get two 
results for it:
1) basedir is [path_to_pd]/extra/cyclone and filename is gate-help.pd
2) basedir is [path_to_pd]/extra/ and filename is cyclone/gate-help.pd

Also, adding "-class DialogWindow" to the search window did the trick 
for the tiny fonts on winxp, except that ttk::combobox still has a tiny 
textarea (i.e., the dropdown menu).

Any idea on either of these?  

-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, 8:25 PM
> 
> That's great, looking forward to it.  I'm really happy
> to see you  
> taking this and running with it, let me know if there are
> any  
> blockers.  Seems to me that its ready to be posted on
> the GUI plugins  
> category of the download page:
> 
> http://puredata.info/community/projects/software
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Feb 6, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 
> > 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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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> “We must become the change we want to
> see. -
> >> Mahatma
> >>>> Gandhi
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> <search-plugin.tcl>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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