Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-09 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
It may be quite simple but, now that it's done... I attach a [lastindexof] abstraction (which uses a [truncatesymbol] abstraction also attached) which searches for the last occurrence of a given character in a symbol. I use it to search for the last occurrence of / in a full path, in order to

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Matteo Sisti Sette escribió: As far as I can see, these two object only allow you to select a file; the only way to select a directory would be to navigate to the parent directory, and then write the directory name manually, but that's not very intuitive. That doesn't even work indeed

[PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Hi, Is there a way, with [openpanel] or [savepanel] or another object if any, to have the user browse for files and be allowed to select a directory? As far as I can see, these two object only allow you to select a file; the only way to select a directory would be to navigate to the parent

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread tim vets
2009/12/8 Matteo Sisti Sette matteosistise...@gmail.com Matteo Sisti Sette escribió: As far as I can see, these two object only allow you to select a file; the only way to select a directory would be to navigate to the parent directory, and then write the directory name manually, but

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
tim vets escribió: hey Matteo, If you have pd-extended, you should have [dirpanel] ( http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2006-02/035865.html ) Thank you, At the moment I am using PD-Vanilla so I was wondering if there was a way to do that in vanilla. I guess I will have to

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread Derek Holzer
Similarly, the [playlist] external allows what you are looking for. Maybe it's time to come in out of the cold ;-) D. Matteo Sisti Sette wrote: At the moment I am using PD-Vanilla so I was wondering if there was a way to do that in vanilla. I guess I will have to install the external, or

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread Matteo Sisti Sette
Derek Holzer escribió: Maybe it's time to come in out of the cold ;-) Last time I had a trip out of the cold (i.e. installed the latest version of pd-extended) it systematically crashed when trying to open the patch I had to open, which works in latest vanilla plus latest gem. That was few

Re: [PD] browsing and selecting a folder (directory)

2009-12-08 Thread philippe boisnard
Hello perhaps, it will be usefull for you. best p abst-pop.pd Description: Binary data ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list