[PD] scripts instead of preferences WAS: reorg of puredata.info/docs/developer

András Murányi muranyia at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 03:20:07 CEST 2011


On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 02:14, yvan volochine <yvan.pd at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/06/2011 10:53 PM, errordeveloper at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>  We agreed before that the
>>>> "/disabled" folders method is no good, and that we (probably me) will
>>>> code
>>>> up a logic which stores this in preferences (via ::pd_guiprefs). I'm
>>>> interested in further brainstorming but right now I feel that good old
>>>> preferences is something we'll have to live with for a longer time.
>>>> We'll
>>>> have to make a distinction between global stuff (plugins, global prefs)
>>>> and
>>>> those things which are better handled per patch, from inside patches.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree.  For things that affect the editor and not the patch
>>> itself, then preferences makes more sense.
>>>
>> Having a list of plugins would be probably the best cross-platform
>> solution.
>>
>>
>> However, it may be a good idea to have plugin sets, if one needs to
>> start-up
>> in kiosk mode or something else at times :)
>>
>> Perhaps the file with plugin list should supplied as an argument.
>>
>
> why not using ::pd-guiprefs for plugins:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/**pd-list@iem.at/msg44236.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/pd-list@iem.at/msg44236.html>
>
> 0.02$,
> _y
>

Bingo Yvan, that very post is which I have on my todo list, and which I have
referred saying "we (probably me) will
code up a logic which stores this in preferences (via ::pd_guiprefs)" :o)

Andras
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