> > >any particular reason why it doesn't? > > It relies on tcl/tk to measure the screen size. When you don't load the > gui, you don't load tcl/tk, and thus you are stripped of the tool you need > to get the screen size. >
ok, thanks, now it's clear! > > > >you can try to run the help patch, add a [stdout], relaunch the help > patch with -nogui. > > > >I'm making a simple splashscreen with a gem -nogui patch, and it needs to > render the image in the center of the screen. > >I know I could use [shell], but I'd rather a cross-platform solution. > > > >can I fix the screensize object or is there another object I'm not aware > of? > > Does the tclpd library execute with the -nogui flag? If so it should be > pretty > simple to use that to return the screensize. > > ok. I'm not sure how to check whether tclpd executes w/ -nogui. How can I check? I'm following your suggestion and make a small tclpd object. cheers, M > -Jonathan > > > > > >thanks! > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Marco Donnarumma > >New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director. > >Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team. > >Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com > >Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com > >Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net > >_______________________________________________ > >Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > >UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > >
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