Also, if the patch is to be linked from a web page (link to a single Pd file) then most browsers can associate the filetype and open Pd. This doesn't work if the file is tarred or zipped so "just make it a tar file" isn't really a satisfactory solution.
The "more robust" way is to have everything embedded inside the patch and have Pd handle it.
I've raised this idea before and I see no technical obstacles, since it's already something I do painstakingly by hand.
On 15/05/2007, at 18.30, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
apart from that, tar allows you to distribute your multi-file Pd patch as a single file too.
I second that.
A more robust way of loading "stuff" (from fx. an untar'd tar ball)
would make a better solution. I.e. something that works in different
distributions (extended, vanilla, etc), is independent from the
preference and is not a shell script with a bunch of start up
options. This rant/request might be utter rubbish though - please let
me know.