Patches item #2746054, was opened at 2009-04-08 21:40 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by eighthave You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478072&aid=2746054...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: puredata Group: feature Status: Open Resolution: None

Priority: 9

Private: No Submitted By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave) Assigned to: Miller Puckette (millerpuckette) Summary: hard-code default user-install paths

Initial Comment: This patch hard-codes user install paths outlined in this FAQ entry. This makes it so that Pd has a standard, documented place for users to install their files, and means Pd will look in the user install paths regardless of the prefs.

http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files-with...

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave) Date: 2009-04-11 17:28

Message: I forgot to mention that this patch relies on sys_expandpath that is defined in add_tilde_support_toopen-0.41.4.patch.

http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/packages/patches...

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2009-04-10 18:51

Message: Some relevant threads about the name ~/pd-externals/

http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2008-07/063769.html http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2008-06/063036.html

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