----- Original Message ----- > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> > To: Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [PD] libdir READMEs > > > The library template requires a README.txt, LICENSE.txt, and mylib-meta.pd > for > all libraries. Pd-extended also requires this. The template Makefile > enforces > this. But there are many libraries that are not based on this template, so > they > might not have these files. People are free to do whatever they want in > user-installed libraries, so at the very least, the search plugin should > gracefully fail when those files don't exist.
Right-- the icon just won't be displayed in that case. > > .hc > > On Nov 14, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm trying to obsolete the help-browser with my search plugin. > I've added a clickable folder icon to each result which will open the > containing folder with the user's default file manager. (Also, there are > homepage links for opening the libdir directory, Miller's tutorial folder, > and some others.) >> >> >> I've also got a little info icon which I thought would be nice to > bring up the README text file in Pd for the library of given search result. > Is > each libdir guaranteed to have a README.txt? Is it guaranteed to be named > README.txt, or are there other names used? Barring that, I could have it > open > LIBNAME-meta.pd, and, barring that, I could just not to display the info icon. >> >> -Jonathan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize > his > wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them, or > perish. > -William Carlos Williams > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
