The idea with [declare] is similar to Python "import".

We have moved away from Pd-extended's "just load everything into the same name space" approach towards a more explicit declaration for paths and libs. This requires an extra step but it also *helps* make patches more portable in that it is much clearer to see what libraries the original author specifies as opposed to "oh I guess it worked in Pd-extedend but I have no idea what externals those objects come from."

Hi,

yes, it fixes the problem. 

I haven't used Pd heavily in recent times,
and wasn't aware of the [declare] thing (and I guess my general expectation
was that something installed by a package manager is available right away
without any further interaction).

But now, if someone asks me why stuff installed with deken isn't available
I at least know the answer :)

Best,
Niklas

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