[PD] libdirs and search-plugin

Tue Mar 20 14:25:03 CET 2012

You need to use $menufont as the font, otherwise its small.  Checkout  pd-gui.tcl.  One way to do that is to make your menu have one of the existing Tk classes, like HelpBrowser or DialogWindow.

.hc

On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:31 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> Well, I got it working with vanilla.
> 
> Any idea why button labels and my combobox have such tiny text?  I'm doing this in the proc 
> that creates the dialog box:
> toplevel $mytoplevel -class DialogWindow
> 
> Other than that I'm not setting fonts-- those are just the default sizes, which are tiny.
> 
> -Jonathan
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>> 
>> 
>> I haven't gotten GUI plugins to load from startup yet... only binaries (i.e. 
>> .dll, .pd_linux, .pd_darwin, etc.0
>> 
>> .hc
>> 
>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh, ok.  They might be leftovers from a previous install.
>>> 
>>> Btw-- I cannot get any gui plugins to load in either pd-0.43 beta or 
>> pd-0.43 latest nightly build 
>>> under Windows XP.  I put them in the startup folder but I get this in the 
>> console:
>>> 
>>> C:/Program FIles/pd/startup/whatever-the-plugin-is.tcl: can't load 
>> startup library!
>>> 
>>>   
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:52 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I think both of those are no longer in Pd-extended, at least in the 
>> build on my 
>>>> machine.
>>>> 
>>>> .hc
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Another question: why does doc/manuals/Gem exist?  Isn't it 
>> already 
>>>> inside extra/Gem?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Jonathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>>>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:03 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, in scripts/ in pure-data SVN.  You're best bet for 
>> getting Gem 
>>>> to 
>>>>>> accept the meta files is to submit them to the pd-gem tracker.  
>> For 
>>>> this release 
>>>>>> of Pd-extended 0.43, Gem is already imported into the 
>> pd-extended/0.43 
>>>> branch in 
>>>>>> SVN, so you can commit directly there.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Actually-- is there a script to autogenerate the *-meta.pd 
>> file?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -Jonathan
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>>> To: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>>>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:50 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>>>>>>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" 
>> <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:30 PM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: libdirs and search-plugin
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This gives me a list of all libs with meta files:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ls -1 \
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> /Applications/Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120310.app/Contents/Resources/extra/*/*-meta.pd 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> \
>>>>>>>>>     | cut -d / -f 7 | sort -u > /tmp/meta.txt
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This gives me a list of all libs included:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> find \
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>> /Applications/Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120310.app/Contents/Resources/extra 
>>>>>>>> \
>>>>>>>>> -type d | cut -d / -f 7 | sort -u >  
>> /tmp/all.txt
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> And this tells me the different between those two 
>> lists:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> hans at dhcp-10 libcore $ diff /tmp/meta.txt 
>> /tmp/all.txt 
>>>>>>>>> 1c1,2
>>>>>>>>> < 
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     Gem
>>>>>>>>> 20a22
>>>>>>>>>>     hexloader
>>>>>>>>> 60a63,67
>>>>>>>>>>     pdp
>>>>>>>>>>     pix_artoolkit
>>>>>>>>>>     pix_drum
>>>>>>>>>>     pix_fiducialtrack
>>>>>>>>>>     pix_mano
>>>>>>>>> 68a76
>>>>>>>>>>     tclpd
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> For hexloader, pdp and tclpd I think you can commit 
>> one 
>>>> directly if 
>>>>>> you 
>>>>>>>> want.  
>>>>>>>>> For Gem and pix_* you'll have to go thru the 
>> Gem devs.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ok, for hexloader, pdp and tclpd I'll make those 
>> changes 
>>>> when I get 
>>>>>> a 
>>>>>>>> chance.  
>>>>>>>> For Gem and pix_*: Dear Gem devs, please make sure 
>> there is a 
>>>> *-meta.pd 
>>>>>> patch 
>>>>>>>> in the libdir directory with the same format as the 
>> extant 
>>>> ones.  (This 
>>>>>> will 
>>>>>>>> make 
>>>>>>>> those libs show up in the list of externals that the 
>> user can 
>>>> browse, 
>>>>>> and show 
>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>> appropriate author/license/and version info.)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Jonathan
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     Hi Hans,
>>>>>>>>>>         Is Gem supposed to have a 
>> $libname-meta.pd in 
>>>> extra/Gem?  
>>>>>> If so, 
>>>>>>>> could 
>>>>>>>>> you put one there?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     I'm almost finished with my search 
>> plugin.  
>>>> I'm 
>>>>>> building a 
>>>>>>>> list of 
>>>>>>>>> available external libraries by searching 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     directories for a $libname-meta.pd file.  So 
>> the 
>>>> question is: 
>>>>>> how many 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> external libraries currently lack a 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     *-meta.pd file?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>     Jonathan
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
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