On 02/09/2016 09:55 PM, Andrea wrote:
Pd-0.43.0
Pd-0.43??? current Pd is Pd-0.46; 0.43 is *several* years old.
on Linux/x86_64
this is a kernel. it does not say very much about your system.
while Pd is installed in /opt/pkg/bin/
esp, /opt/pkg/bin is *not* a standard path for Pd. Pd usually installs into *standard* /usr/local/ paths, and uses a hierarchy like this:
${prefix}/bin/pd ${prefix}/lib/pd/doc/
the pd binary will search for help-patches for built-ins relative to its location ("../lib/pd/doc");
so which is your system? suse, arch, foonix,...? who installed Pd into these non-standard paths (a package? a friend? you?). go blame them :-)
can't seem to find its help files. I have the path in ~/.pdsettings :
path1: /opt/pkg/share/doc/pd/doc
this is a search-path for *objectclasses* (abstractions, externals,...). it is *not* a search-path for help-patches.
So, Pd isn't even looking in /opt/pkg/share/... - path1 notwithstanding.
you *can* add a help-path using the cmdline flag "-helppath":
pd -helppath /opt/pkg/share/doc/pd/doc/5.reference
(you can also add the "-helppath" to the "flags:" line in .pdsettings.)
but you *really* should fix your Pd *installation* instead.
mgasd IOhannes