Yes - Pd looks in the directory of the patch whether or not '.' is specified. Adding '.' makes Pd look in the current directory of teh Pd process. I believe this only makes sense if Pd is launched from the command line or a shell script or a Windows "shortcut".
Using "." in this way is almost always confising - perhaps the best thing to say about it is that it's useful for back compatibilty only. means
cheers Miller On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:44:50PM -0300, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
2017-08-10 21:18 GMT-03:00 Miller Puckette msp@ucsd.edu:
unless someone else can figure this out I'll just release it in its current almost-working state.
Seems Dan was on it, huh?
Anyway, I'm also proposing some changes to the manual.
It was originally saying Pd does not use the "Path" mechanism to search for files and externals when you use a slash declaration: "/" - such as "../sounds/sample1.wav" or "../cyclone/cycle~" But it actually does use the Path, so I changed it.
I'm also not sure about this bit:
*Pd does not automatically look in the current directory however; to enable that, include "."*
This seems to be wrong, as Pd will automatically look in the current directory regardless if you are including "." or not
right?
cheers