Hallo, Kyle Klipowicz hat gesagt: // Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
But here is a suggestion: please reference your files using the namespace conventions a la [ehu/cam] etc. This makes it easier to use right from the extracted folder without altering paths.
Sorry, I don't think, a directory-prefix must be used in the help-file for an abstraction itself.
Example:
/mypath/footils/org.pd /mypath/footils/org-help.pd
If have /mypath in -path and -helppath, I can use both [footils/org] and [org] in my helpfile org-help-pd
However if I add /mypath/footils/ to -path and -help-path instead of /mypath because "/mypath/footils" is my favourite library and I always want to use it without directory prefix or importing, then the helpfile cannot use [footils/org] anymore: "couldn't create". Of course it can still use [org] like any other patch.
Some ways out:
add a [declare -path ..] to all your help files (somehow ugly)
add a [import footils] to all your help files (less ugly, but also
less flexible because it creates a requirement for an external.
- force users to "install" your abstractions by copying them to
somewhere in -path/-helppath (somehow unfriendly and uncomfortable especially for quick testing and besides: /usr/lib/pd/extra on Linux is read-only for normal users)
- don't use directory-prefixes within the help-files.
I chose to not use directory-prefixes in helpfiles, it's the most simple approach, and simple is good IMO.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__