Is tar available for Windows users?
On 15/05/2007, at 18.30, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
apart from that, tar allows you to distribute your multi-file Pd patch as a single file too.
I second that.
A more robust way of loading "stuff" (from fx. an untar'd tar ball)
would make a better solution. I.e. something that works in different
distributions (extended, vanilla, etc), is independent from the
preference and is not a shell script with a bunch of start up
options. This rant/request might be utter rubbish though - please let
me know.
Hallo, padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk hat gesagt: // padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk wrote:
Is tar available for Windows users?
Yes, every decent packer for Windows (WinZip, 7-zip etc.) also supports tar. But ideally this probably should be build into Pd, like a new filetype: *.pdt which is a tar-archive that gets unpacked by Pd when loading, and gets packed by Pd when saving a file as *.pdt
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
I was going to suggest that too! How difficult would that be?
Then, people could pack all libraries and externals needed in a standalone package if needed.
~Kyle
On 5/15/07, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Hallo, padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk hat gesagt: // padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk wrote:
Is tar available for Windows users?
Yes, every decent packer for Windows (WinZip, 7-zip etc.) also supports tar. But ideally this probably should be build into Pd, like a new filetype: *.pdt which is a tar-archive that gets unpacked by Pd when loading, and gets packed by Pd when saving a file as *.pdt
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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On 15/05/2007, at 20.57, Frank Barknecht wrote:
a new filetype: *.pdt which is a tar-archive that gets unpacked by Pd when loading, and gets packed by Pd when saving a file as *.pdt
Should it
- be unpacked by Pd into a /tmp folder or into a folder next to
file.pdt or something else, like only virtually be unpacked?
- include externals/binary file? (I think that would be a mess due to
different platforms)
- take care of the start up options you did or the preferences you've
set or add declares or something likewise to make sure it runs
smoothly wrt. loading especially externals used.
- "flatspace" anything in the *.pdt file that is used in the mother-
patch that is saved as *.pdt and handle name classes by adding a
prefix or something more appropriate?
Well, while I'm not a programmer and am not the one going to
implement it I still think it's not as straight forward as manually
doing it. Or carefully pack things up in a tar ball and use [declare]
to load a ./local abstraction-lib if needed be. Or just writing a
proper Readme.txt file.
my 2 cent.
Happy hacking.
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