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From: Hans-Christoph Steiner hans@at.or.at To: pd-list@iem.at Cc: Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [PD] arraysize WAS apt.puredata.info is back!
On 09/28/2012 12:57 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
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From: Simon Wise simonzwise@gmail.com To: Jonathan Wilkes jancsika@yahoo.com Cc: "pd-list@iem.at" pd-list@iem.at Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [PD] arraysize WAS apt.puredata.info is back!
On 28/09/12 12:48, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
I'm referring to what Hans wrote: > For me, apt-get install pd-arraysize is far easier
than
trying to
remember that [expr] trick. And thankfully we can
write
externals,
so we can have choice. :-)
exactly ...
Not exactly-- you were referring to using the Debian packaging system in a general sense to find packages, and you were saying
that
calling someone who uses it a mythical user is not inaccurate.
no .. I was saying that debian users who treat their debian repository
as an
extension of their system and the first place to look for something
they need to
do are not mythical at all, that if you are familiar with the debian
tools it is
very quick and easy to find which package has a file or functionality
you are
looking for, and that not surprisingly some of these users are able and
willing
to do the extra bit of work to make things they find useful available
in the way
they find convenient.
So if you think the debian repos are the first place to look, then you
would agree
that arraysize should tell the user they can get the same functionality
with
expr which is already installed with pd-extended, pd-l2ork, and pd vanilla
and
therefore more modular, right?
Add it to the arraysize-help.pd and it'll be included in the next release.
.hc
Alright.
How about the expr-help.pd problem I asked you about? I can't exactly ask the author to use the PDDP revised patches because they rely on pddplink and helplink, and expr ships with Pd vanilla which doesn't have those.
Any ideas?
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