Hi all,

I'm years-long Pd user, new to the list. Thanks in advance for everyone's time!

[tl;dr below]

I recently, after extended was declared no longer maintained, decided to switch to vanilla. I have always used a folder in my home directory to store all of my pd patches, abstractions and help files for my abstractions. It worked fine in extended as long as I listed the directory in my search path in preferences. I also used an earlier version of vanilla for a short time before realizing that it didn't include deken, which was the main draw leading me to switch to vanilla. It may have been 0.46.x (whatever installs by default for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and I believe the search paths worked fine there too.

I ended up upgrading Ubuntu to 17.10 in order to install Pd 0.48.0, but now Pd won't create any objects in the search paths in my preferences. I must put *.pd files directly in ~/.local/lib/pd/extra/ in order for them to be recognized. Subdirectories within ~/.local/lib/pd/extra/ do not show up either. I am not sure if this is by design, a bug or something unrelated to Pd, nor have I been able to solve this issue or find any solution by searching online or in the mailing lists. I posted in the facebook group, but it was suggested I ask here, so here I am. :)

[--tl;dr--]

Upgraded to Pd 0.48.0 on Ubuntu 17.10 (64bit)

Search paths in Preferences no longer work, only files in the following path work: ~/.local/lib/pd/extra/

If anyone can point me in the right direction or help me along in finding a solution, I would be extremely grateful!

p.s. I'm not sure if it's bad form for some reason to keep Pd files in my home directory. If so, I'm open to more information on how to better align my work flow with the program design.

Best regards, Joey