On Nov 8, 2004, at 4:13 PM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
So are we in agreement that the directory-based namespace is the way to go, as long as the *-help.pd patch problems are fixed?
right. and imitate that namespace for libraries.
but what about objects that include "/" (it is not the most uncommon character i can think of) (but of course the only one that stays compatible with directories)
I would love to put this matter to rest.
me too. but still i can't remember what the "*-help.pd patch problems" are. i like it, that there are both help-*.pd and *-help.pd for instance with Gem i bundle all the help-patches in another directory (there are really a lot of them) and i like it that they are just "help-Gem/gemwin.pd" instead of "Gem/gemwin-help.pd" (this made it very easy to port from the pre-0.37 aera: just renaming a single directory instead of all objects.)
Actually, I think that we should try to stick to the "*-help.pd" as the standard because it allows you to easily alphabetize the help files, and also scan the filenames. With the hierarchical Help menu that I made, this makes a huge difference. But it would be fine to use the "help-*" format with a directory, like you did with Gem, since the individual help files would start with the name, rather than "help-"
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