[PD] opening txt or htm files

[Dan Wilcox]

I was talking about the help browser.

> On Aug 25, 2017, at 3:33 PM, rolfm at dds.nl wrote:
> 
> 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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Dan Wilcox
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