hi
jared wrote:
Hello all,
I've just downloaded fluid~pd_darwin .rar file. It contains two files: fluid~help.pd and fluid~.pd_darwin.
What kind of file is the .pd Darwin? Where should I put it?
it is a dynamically linked library for os-x (the kernel of os-x is called "darwin")
What about the fluid help file? Do I put it here?--> pd\doc\5.reference
according to your syntax of file-paths i assume that you are on windows. it would be nice if you could make this explicit. you will not be able to use a darwin binary on windows, you will need the windows binary. it should be named <something>.dll (at least on pd<=0.40; i have _no_ idea which pd version you are running)
once you have the correct binary, put both the binary (or abstraction) and the help-file into a path where pd will find it.
one _standard_ path for this is the extra/ folder. but you can put it whereever you like as long as you add this path to your private search paths in the File->Path... menu.
I'm not sure where to put the help files because there is the reference folder but there are also many help files in the extra folder as well. What is the difference?
the reference section is for pd "internals"; the "extra" section is for objects that are not compiled into pd (e.g. 3rd party modules). you might find help-patches for externals in the reference section, but this is only for legacy reasons (there was a time, when pd would find help-patches only in the reference folder)
mfga.sdr IOhannes