I dug around a bit and the files are opened by the gui. I could look into adding a method to hook into this by sending a pd message, but it's not currently possible as far as I can tell.

On Aug 25, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika@gmail.com> wrote:

I was talking about the help browser.

On Aug 25, 2017, at 3:33 PM, rolfm@dds.nl wrote:

Dan Wilcox schreef op 25-08-2017 11:19:
Double-clicking on a file opens it via the system. On mac, double
clicking a text or html files open them with the default program, ie.
TexEdit and Safari.
thanks Dan for your reaction.

i'm afraid i don't understand what you mean.

in a patch there's no way to double-click on a filename 'directly'.
i assume that to open a file it's necessary to send some kind of message to pd.

like, to open a Pd patch one can send this [; pd open file path( .

rolf


On Aug 25, 2017, at 12:28 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:55:58 +0200
From: rolfm@dds.nl
To: Pd list <pd-list@lists.iem.at>
Subject: [PD] opening txt or htm files
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hi,
in the helpbrowser it is possible to open files,
like introduction.txt or index.htm, "outside" Pd.
is it possible to use this functionality inside a patch;
like with a message to pd?
(without using an external lib).
the documentation for (my) patches is sometimes too extensive
to use the Pd comment.
rolf
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