[PD] 0.51-1-test1 issues

[Dan Wilcox]

Fix is here: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1119 <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1119>

To answer my own point: We haven't seen this before as we were still using the older Tcl/Tk 8.5 frameworks on macOS. Moving to 8.6 seems to have enabled awareness of light/dark mode, but we haven't added handling for this in our GUI tcl yet.

> On Aug 13, 2020, at 2:44 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Howdy all,
> 
> I don't use dark mode, so I never noticed this personally. I'm surprised it hasn't come up before, actually. From a short search, it seems the easiest fix is to tell the system to ignore dark mode for Pd so it will stay "light" but at least everything will be legible:
> 
> https://www.techjunkie.com/exclude-app-dark-mode-macos-mojave/ <https://www.techjunkie.com/exclude-app-dark-mode-macos-mojave/>
> 
> You can try it on your own by running the following in Terminal, then (re)starting the Pd gui:
> 
>     defaults write org.puredata.pd-gui NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool true
> 
> What's happening is that some elements are being changed to dark mode while others clearly are not. For instance, some of the canvas draw commands pick up the light gray/white from dark mode but are drawn over a white background. This is down to how Tk handles/doesn't handle dark mode and the default colors specified to Tk from Pd.
> 
> A proper implementation of this would involve having light and dark color schemes for Pd and possibly the GUI while updating Tk to use the non-color specific tint defaults and handle the color mode change Cocoa events, if it doesn't already do so.
> 
> I will add a bug fix PR which sets this automatically when you start the GUI, as with a couple of other settings which Pd needs by default. I honestly do not have the time to dig any further into this, ie. full dark mode support.
> 
>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list-request at lists.iem.at> wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:43:05 -0300
>> From: Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com <mailto:porres at gmail.com>>
>> To: "Scott R. Looney" <scottrlooney at gmail.com <mailto:scottrlooney at gmail.com>>, Pd-List
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>> Hi, I think we should address this in the pd list, I mean it as a request
>> for the feature to be available out of the box ;) hence I'm replying and
>> bringing this back to the list.
>> 
>> Anyway, here's Scott's message
>> 
>> Em qua., 12 de ago. de 2020 às 18:33, Scott R. Looney <
>> scottrlooney at gmail.com <mailto:scottrlooney at gmail.com>> escreveu:
>> 
>>> hey Alex saw your comment on dark mode - regarding dark mode as far as i
>>> know it's a pretty easy fix to change the default Tcl/Tk BG color . hit up
>>> Mike (Fress Prench) on Discord for details. here's the relevant info from
>>> his post:
>>> 
>>> *"Add this to the end of your pd-gui.tcl file
>>> (Applications/Pd/Contents/Resources/tcl) option add
>>> *PatchWindow*Canvas.background #ffe5b5"*
>>> 
>>> best,
>>> scott
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 2:22 PM Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com <mailto:porres at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> btw, having dark mode working on macos and other systems would be
>>>> wonderful for owls like me who spent the night patching :)
>>>> 
>>>> Em qua., 12 de ago. de 2020 às 18:13, ffdd cchh <camarafede at gmail.com <mailto:camarafede at gmail.com>>
>>>> escreveu:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Alex, et al,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some comments on colors in macos:
>>>>> I also see the greyish on the wish app (using Wish Tk 8.6.10 compiled or
>>>>> from software.html). That is while you have the Light Appearance enabled.
>>>>> Try switching your mac to Dark Appearance on your System Preferences, and
>>>>> you'll note that the greyish turns blackish (!). Most concerning: while
>>>>> cords and object boxes are bright, everything else is almost invisible.
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