On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Steffen Juul wrote:
On 05/11/2007, at 18.23, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
The file "theme_from_commandline" would just need to specify variables in tcl-syntax:
set theme_bgcolor grey set theme_bwidth 2 ...
FYI, this should be possible now using [textfile] and [sys_gui]. See my "themer" example I posted last night, then add [textfile] and some basic parsing.
I think the/your [sys_gui] is interesting from a GUI slash custom
patch layout per patch point of view. But another interface for
setting the general patch layout (~theme) would be great, I think.One reason, as I spoke of earlier, is the possibility of getting it
into vanilla Pd too. For that to make sense there need a non- external interface. - As I see it.Related: What does the changes to the *.c files in
color_scheme_support-0.40.3.patch do? I read c not good.But to put it another way: Would it be troublesome to add another
interface fx via a "theme file with tcl syntax"? At a later point
it could get it's own tab in a tab-ified preference window as a bonus.
That theme file can be loaded by a Pd patch using [textfile] and
[sys_gui]. I am thinking of making a "startup.pd" patch which is run
after startup completes. This could then load the theme file.
In this discussion i think it's good to keep the distinction
between the general layout/theme and the per patch ditto.
A theme could be loaded in a patch by using [initbang] so that it's
run before the patch is done drawing (I think, I could be wrong).
.hc
Technically [sys_gui] and friends can do both. It can by it self do
the general themes by (re)setting the vars in pd.tk. With friends
it can therefor also reset it to default, where default is the the
default theme the given user has specified - right?
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