Ctrl Alt Back wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 12:42:06AM +0100, Ctrl Alt Back wrote: > >> the look of pd-extended : light greyed objects, text running out of objects, >> lack of synoptic overview - is that definite ? can i configure it that >> it looks the old way ? >> > yes it is possible but how ? > i installed it on another machine, and it keeps the same old look. > > CtrlAltBack > In pd/bin/pd.tk around line 87 you have these lines:
# color scheme set canvas_fill "white" set text_color "#000" set select_color "#00f" set dash_outline "#f00" set dash_fill "#f7f7f7" set box_outline "#ccc" puts stdout "box_outline $box_outline" puts stdout "current namespace is [namespace current]" puts stdout "namespace children [namespace children]" set graph_outline "#777" set atom_box_fill "#eee" set msg_box_fill "#f8f8f6" set obj_box_fill "#f6f8f8" set signal_cord_highlight "#58a" set signal_cord "#558" set signal_nlet $signal_cord set msg_cord_highlight "#474" set msg_cord "#565" set msg_nlet "white" set mixed_nlet "#88aaff" You can change the colours, for example by setting box_outline "black" or "#000" instead of "#ccc". None of this works in the MSW version for some reason, probably because tcl/tk on MSWindows is not the full package. Variables defined in pd.tk are not recognized when accessed from pd in Windows, although the variables accessed from procs inside pd.tk are. Martin _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list