On Sep 7, 2012 1:42 PM, "Jonathan Wilkes" <jancsika@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Raphael Raccuia <rafael.raccuia@blindekinder.com>
> > To:
> > Cc: pd-list@iem.at
> > Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PD] finding objects ?
> >
> >T here is a difference between how to use an object/external (which is generally
> > well documented in help files), and looking for useful objects/externals someone
> > doesn't even know the existence...
> > Why is pdpedia offline? if well filled and updated, it's exactly what does
> > that job...
>
> It wasn't updated, and it wasn't "well filled".
>
> But even my search plugin and the pd META stuff only solves half the problem. If
> you want to find "resonant lowpass" and the help patch only says "imaginary part"
> it's not going to come up in the results.

And that is exactly why I think we should attack what appears to be two very related issues at the same time.

Best wishes,

Ico

>
> -Jonathan
>
> >
> > rr
> >
> > Le 03. 09. 12 12:55, Simon Wise a écrit :
> >>  On 03/09/12 18:11, Фывапр Олджэвич wrote:
> >>
> >>>  yes, I know about help patches, but as Processing and arduino has a
> > list of
> >>>  all available commands and operators on a web-site (and it is
> > douwnloadable)
> >>>  - it is easear to find objects and commands, which you don't know,
> > but need.
> >>
> >>  everything built-in is listed with the right-click on the background, that
> > is all that is available without installing extra stuff
> >>
> >>  everything you have installed should have help files, if the person who
> > made them made help files and the package you used installed them
> >>
> >>  if for example you use debian packages then help files are installed and
> > the help browser will show you what you have, and you can look up what packages
> > are available easily in the usual debian manner ... but that is just the ones
> > somebody has done the work to package, it is a useful subset of what is
> > available
> >>
> >>  there cannot be a full list of everything anyone has ever made ... there
> > cannot be a complete list of libraries available in any language
> >>
> >>  there are some efforts to try and make long lists of what is out there,
> > these have been mentioned ... they can never be complete though they can be very
> > useful
> >>
> >>  the number objects available 'out there' grows every day, some are
> > useful, some may not be, this mailing list is a fairly good guide to some of
> > that stuff
> >>
> >>
> >>  Simon
> >>
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