On 4/9/22 23:48, Roman Haefeli wrote:
I think having a lower limit than the common 255 characters is silly. I don't think that Deken packages should assume a smaller filename limit than 255. However, we see that the above example is not that far from that (support for a few additional archs or double-precision could reach it). Also, I wanted to share my experience. Maybe it has an impact on the recent external double-precision file extension discussion.
please create a bugreport on https://github.com/pure-data/deken/issues
there is no real reason that the name of the downloaded file must have the full long name.
in the meantime, you can
- right-click the package you want to install and select "Copy package URL"
- paste the URL in your favourite browser
- let the browser download the file, but rename it to something shorter
- use the "Install DEK file..." menu (hidden under the [More...]
button) to install the manually downloaded file (alternatively, you could also just drag the .dek file onto the deken window)
when renaming the .dek file, make sure to keep the library-name (esp. if you use the "Try to remove the library before reinstalling it" functionality); and of course keep the .dek extension.
gfasmf IOhannes