Hi,
just found out that the checkbox for the Deken preference "Should newly installed libraries be added to Pd's search path?" has three states, on, off, and a grey check ("perhaps"?). What is its meaning?
What is the meaning of the "Check" button in front of some of the directories in the same dialog by the way? What is the meaning of the line separators between some of the directory entries? Why is the ~/.local/lib/pd/extra directory present two times in this dialog on my Pd Debian installation?
Thank you for all hints! P
PS: It would be great if the Mailinglist archive search would return results which always show the messages' subjects. I do get mostly lines of "/pipermail/pd-list/attachments/20160610/6ffecf40/attachment.html" There might be a reason/problem to the archive search engine...
On 6/6/20 12:52 PM, Peter P. wrote:
Hi,
just found out that the checkbox for the Deken preference "Should newly installed libraries be added to Pd's search path?" has three states, on, off, and a grey check ("perhaps"?). What is its meaning?
yes, it's "perhaps". as in: ask the user every time they install a new library. the recommended way is of course to *not add search paths" and use [declare -path <library>] in your patches instead.
What is the meaning of the "Check" button in front of some of the directories in the same dialog by the way?
it means "Perform a check whether this path is writable". paths that are greyed either don't exist (then you get a [Create] button), or they do exist but the user cannot write to them (then you have a [Check] button). the [Check] button is there to allow the user to make the path writeable (outside of Pd), and then check the path again.
i couldn't come up with a better name that is short enough to not destroy the alignment of the preferences menu.
What is the meaning of the line separators between some of the directory entries?
they are separating between
- the currently chosen path
- the default search paths (those that Pd will automatically search for)
- user defined paths (added via the settings)
Why is the ~/.local/lib/pd/extra directory present two times in this dialog on my Pd Debian installation?
the first line showing you the currently selected path (which could be anything, but happens to be ~/.local/lib/pd/extra on your system). the 2nd occurence is part of the list of default search paths.
hope that makes sense.
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