On Sun, 2020-08-16 at 18:49 +0800, Matt Davey wrote:
Much easier just to have 2 subpatches than save a separate abstraction file, especially if you're working on a big project with lots of files. Also makes it easier to share things with people if you only have to share one .pd file rather than a folder with abstractions, etc.
I see how distributing only one file is simpler than a folder with many pd files, but having many copies of the same code is impractical and clumsy. How about an extended file format (.pdz?) that is actually an archive containing all the relevant files that would be extracted on the fly at loading time? I can't count the number of software that work like this, so there is precedent. Am not sure if the added bloat to Pd would be worthwhile...
Roman