Couldn't you use GUI objects for your interface sending them all into a [pd~] object to run a copy of Pd with no gui in the background? The only thing they could break then would be connections between the GUI and [pd~] which could be nested away in a subpatch covered by a canvas.
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to prevent unlocking of the patcher window, although perhaps you could look for the control/cmd-E press and then automatically send a command to Pd to lock the patcher again. (This could get really annoying if you need to edit it.)
Sam
2015-12-14 17:15 GMT+01:00 Py Fave pyfave@gmail.com:
you can make an interface using gem so it appears on top
but it can lead to sound glitches
2015-12-14 17:09 GMT+01:00 Alexandre Torres Porres porres@gmail.com:
an interface that just works and where nothing can go “wrong”
I've made installations for not very computer savy people to run them.
All they had to do was click on a pd file to open, adjust one or two interface GUI
nothing went wrong.
I guess it's a matter of how and what you do
2015-12-14 13:29 GMT-02:00 Simon Iten itensimon@gmail.com:
> On 14 Dec 2015, at 16:20, IOhannes m zmölnig zmoelnig@iem.at wrote: > > On 12/14/2015 03:56 PM, Simon Iten wrote: >> hi list, >> >> are there any efforts to make “standalone” pd vanilla apps
possible?
>> >> what i mean is a clickable program, that runs a pd patch without the options to enter edit mode. (or even better a pd-light for
pd-patches
that just shows the patch wihtout any other menus except for audio
and midi
device setup) >> >> i guess it should not be too hard to do a version of pd vanilla that disables all those menu entries. >> > > there's the kiosk-plugin, that allows you to disable most interaction.
i’ll check it out, thanks > > apart from that, i don't think there is much effort going into something > "standalone" (with the argument being, that a reduced standalone
app
is > needed only if you have to pay for the full app - which does not apply > with Pd).
i think this is not true at all. the point of the standalone app in the case of pd would be to present to a not very computer savy
person an
interface that just works and where nothing can go “wrong” by
clicking in
the wrong places or by hitting some keycombinations. but maybe that
is what
kiosk is doing already. > > famsrd > IOhannes >