[PD] opening txt or htm files

rolfm at dds.nl rolfm at dds.nl
Fri Aug 25 15:33:12 CEST 2017


Dan Wilcox schreef op 25-08-2017 11:19:
> Double-clicking on a file opens it via the system. On mac, double
> clicking a text or html files open them with the default program, ie.
> TexEdit and Safari.
> 
thanks Dan for your reaction.

i'm afraid i don't understand what you mean.

in a patch there's no way to double-click on a filename 'directly'.
i assume that to open a file it's necessary to send some kind of message 
to pd.

like, to open a Pd patch one can send this [; pd open file path( .

rolf


>> On Aug 25, 2017, at 12:28 AM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:55:58 +0200
>> From: rolfm at dds.nl
>> To: Pd list <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
>> Subject: [PD] opening txt or htm files
>> Message-ID: <86776c6cdbbefaf9463b01427171c20d at dds.nl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> in the helpbrowser it is possible to open files,
>> like introduction.txt or index.htm, "outside" Pd.
>> 
>> is it possible to use this functionality inside a patch;
>> like with a message to pd?
>> (without using an external lib).
>> 
>> the documentation for (my) patches is sometimes too extensive
>> to use the Pd comment.
>> 
>> rolf
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