[PD] opening txt or htm files

[Dan Wilcox]

I dug around a bit and the files are opened by the gui. I could look into adding a method to hook into this by sending a pd message, but it's not currently possible as far as I can tell.

> On Aug 25, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I was talking about the help browser.
> 
>> On Aug 25, 2017, at 3:33 PM, rolfm at dds.nl <mailto: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 <mailto:pd-list-request at lists.iem.at> wrote:
>>>> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:55:58 +0200
>>>> From: rolfm at dds.nl <mailto:rolfm at dds.nl>
>>>> To: Pd list <pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>>
>>>> Subject: [PD] opening txt or htm files
>>>> Message-ID: <86776c6cdbbefaf9463b01427171c20d at dds.nl <mailto: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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