Woops, sorry. I realize now you already made the points that I was trying to make, albeit more elegantly then I :D I mis read you first sentence ...
On Jun 16, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Dan Wilcox wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2010, at 10:20 PM, András Murányi wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> wrote: >> [...] >> >> As far as I know, the pd gui rewrite adds the ability for custom tcl/tk >> snippets through the command menu. This could be just a tcl call to svn diff. >> >> Ok, so, you have to hunt all over the internet for pieces of tcl code that >> take 1k each ? Pd has this concept of externals, that are rather >> plug-and-play (or at least: can be), and then Pd-extended changed the deal >> and made it no-plug-just-play, and then Pd-devel ("gui-rewrite") would have >> those snippets of tcl floating around so that you can download your >> menu-items one by one ? A little bundling would help... >> >> Exactly, please no tcl plugins for pd floating around the net. >> I see these reasons why having plugins is good for us: >> - itsy-bitsy code that was not made up on a declared requirement can (and >> shall) make it into the main codebase if it proves sense. A question may be >> how is it decided - for me it's still better to write up a plugin sometimes >> than huff'n'puff trying to push something into the svn that no one needed. >> - externals, libs have a chance to modify the Pd GUI in the easiest way. > > > Well if this is the case, then why are their no externals to add features > that have been asked for before like snap to grid, auto alignment, etc. As > far as I can tell, the gui settings people want are as varied as the > externals they use. This would provide an easy means to customize the gui > without having to load an actual external object into a canvas. BTW I'm > talking about the main gui, not just canvas windows with objects. I don't > understand how you can have any problem with that as it allows them more > freedom to extend the gui to their liking and share the code which could then > be included back into pd-extended. Of course you can just turn off all the > extra plugins and not change the gui, so what's the difference? > > If you don't want the tcl plugin idea, then what should replace it? Special > externals? Where are they? Do I need to keep a canvas window open all the > time to have my snap-to-grid working? > > Then again, I haven't used the gui rewrite build much more then to check it > out, so I don't know the details and shouldn't speak for Hans. > > -------- Dan Wilcox danomatika.com robotcowboy.com
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