https://puredata.info/docs/ListOfPdExternals/ shows only one match for "menu": iemlib/popup.

However the object can't be instantiated:

1. Create [declare -lib iemlib -path iemlib] -- this appears to be fine.

iemlib (1.22-1) library loaded!   (c) Thomas Musil Jul  7 2023 : 18:09:03
   musil@iem.at iem KUG Graz Austria

2. Create [popup]

 pop 6 17 0 0 play_cmd play_cmd play_cmd 82 9 192 17 -225280 -1109 -260818 0 5 open rewind start stop quit
... couldn't create
 pop 7 14 0 0 empty empty empty 50 7 0 10 -262144 -1 -1 0 1 pop
... couldn't create
help-popup.txt: can't open
help-popup.txt: read failed

Before logging an issue on their repository, I wondered if anyone knows some backstory? Is this library maintained? There seems to be a reference to a "pop" object, which doesn't exist...?

hjh

@ddw_music Even in extended I never had it working as [pop] never existed. The flatgui library had a version though.
It can be done with a tcl plugin, but sys-gui is required or maybe such stuff can be done on Linux with [shell]?......... pops.zip
A couple of popups will fail in that zip, as they rely on other plugins that I cannot find (just realized that they will be on the forum under "woof").
But the zip shows how to create tcl popups..... although not modifiable on the fly as they have to be prepared in advance in the plugin.
There will be some non-working experimental rubbish in the plugin too...... I can only really approach tcl on a trial and error basis.
David.

@whale-av said:

@ddw_music Even in extended I never had it working as [pop] never existed.

A case could be made for removing cruft from public releases.

Thanks for the tips -- in this case I'll just rearrange it around radio buttons instead. Then I could just have the end user run it in PlugData and get ELSE for free.

hjh