[PD] drag and drop - tkdnd on osx

[hi]

IT IS WORKING! I have been wanting this for years!! Thank you!!! Now that i think about how to implement dnd for files in a playlist (that is my usecase), i think i would be best if Pd would recorgnize if a file would be dropped ontop of an GOP-subpatch or abstraction, but it will all be possible with a „little" patching magic also i guess..


> Am 27.10.2018 um 00:53 schrieb hi <joson.android at googlemail.com>:
> 
> no. Somehow the hole drag’n’drop is not functioning, so as the mouse is not changed with a plus underneeth like in the older dnd examples i found on my computer. Now the console message is:
> 
> Loading plugin: /Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/dnd-testing-plugin.tcl
> -
> Drag and Drop on Window
> Drag and Drop on Canvas
> Usage:
> See /Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/dnd-plugin-help.pd
> -
> -----------
> UNHANDLED ERROR: dlopen(/Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/tkdnd/libtkdnd2.8.so, 6): no suitable image found.  Did find:
> 	/Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/tkdnd/libtkdnd2.8.so: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x7F 0x45 0x4C 0x46 0x02 0x01 0x01 0x00
>    while executing
> "load $dir/$PKG_LIB_FILE $PACKAGE_NAME"
>    (procedure "tkdnd::initialise" line 92)
>    invoked from within
> "tkdnd::initialise {/Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/tkdnd} libtkdnd2.8.so tkdnd"
>    ("package ifneeded tkdnd 2.8" script)
>    invoked from within
> "package require tkdnd"
>    ("uplevel" body line 21)
>    invoked from within
> "uplevel #0 $tclcode"
> FAILED TO LOAD /Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/dnd-testing-plugin.tcl
> —————
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 26.10.2018 um 23:52 schrieb Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>> 
>> Try this complete OSX pkg (attached)
>> 
>> uncompress the folder to your "externals" folder so that it gets loaded.
>> 
>> Tell me if this works
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>> 
>> On 10/26/2018 6:41 PM, hi wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> what a great Plugin!!!
>>> 
>>> only i don’t get it to work. None of the features work for me on Pd 0.49.0 on OSX 10.11.6.
>>> I get this error in Pds console:
>>> 
>>> -
>>> Drag and Drop on Window
>>> Drag and Drop on Canvas
>>> Usage:
>>> See /Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/dnd-plugin-help.pd
>>> -
>>> -----------
>>> UNHANDLED ERROR: couldn't read file "/Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/tkdnd/pkgIndex.tcl": no such file or directory
>>>  while executing
>>> "source [file join $dir pkgIndex.tcl]"
>>>  ("uplevel" body line 19)
>>>  invoked from within
>>> "uplevel #0 $tclcode"
>>> FAILED TO LOAD /Volumes/DATA/uni/pd/externals/GUI-plugins/dnd-testing-plugin/dnd-testing-plugin.tcl
>>> —————
>>> 
>>> Am i doing something wrong? Somehow i feel like something fundamental is wrong on my computer, like settings have to be deleted or something, but this is just a feeling.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Jonas
>>>> Am 26.10.2018 um 23:21 schrieb Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, thanx for joining.
>>>> 
>>>> Oliver and I did some mods to the plugin. It allows to drop any file and gives you the file info.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm looking for some feedback. Can you test and tell us what you think?
>>>> 
>>>> See attached.
>>>> 
>>>> My idea is to make a PR on your GIT and then make a Deken release.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone else reading this is also invited to test.
>>>> 
>>>> :)
>>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>> On 10/26/2018 2:56 PM, me.grimm wrote:
>>>>> yeah get rid of the "pd-". thats just for organizing. if I remember correctly just drop whole folder in "externals" and all should work. you should rename like johannes said to "dnd-plugin". the README in wrong. my fault :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:34 AM Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> The Deken pkg is:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <path>/pd-dnd-plugin/dnd-plugin.tcl
>>>>> 
>>>>> it works out of the box.
>>>>> True that the "pd-" in the folder name wasn't necessary. (will update the pkg soon).
>>>>> 
>>>>> All the folder tree explanation was meant for Oliver who is trying to make it work on osx.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also true that [declare -path] has no effect.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>>> On 10/24/2018 2:38 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>>>>>> that's something that puzzled me with your deken package as well:
>>>>>> instead of putting the plugin into <PATH>
>>>>>> /pd-dnd-plugin/
>>>>>> , why don't you
>>>>>> just install it it into <PATH>/dnd-plugin? (so you end up with a file
>>>>>> <PATH>/dnd-plugin/dnd-plugin.tcl; with <PATH> in Pd's search path)
>>>>>> no fuzzing around with preferences, path and lib whatnot.
>>>>>> this is how all GUI-plugins are supposed to be installed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> the "pd-" prefix of the github project is probably only there to
>>>>>> organize the repositories on github, rather than meant as the canonical
>>>>>> installation path.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (as a sidenote, i doubt (having not tried it) whether [declare -path]
>>>>>> does
>>>>>> *anything*
>>>>>> for GUI-plugins, as these are loaded on startup of
>>>>>> pd-gui only)
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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