This is exactly what the tkdnd stuff does.  The code is included in Pd to use tkdnd, but tkdnd is not included.  So if tkdnd is included, then it'll work.

.hc

On Mar 20, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Wilcox wrote:

Well, I'm not on OSX, I'm on Ubuntu and I cannot drag a .pd file from the Nautilus file browser in Gnome
onto any pd window.  I do not really know what is at fault, but as I do this for numerous other applications
and file types, I assume its some missing functionality in the pd gui.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

On 20/03/2008, at 18.52, Daniel Wilcox wrote:

> I'd like to see drag and drop of pd patches from an OS file browser
> onto pd to open them.

I'm sure you'r concerned with a specific or any OS not just an OS,
since it works on Mac OS X. Maybe it's work for the "desktop manager"
not the OS? - Just thoughts.

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