what is the 'correct' way to add new directories to the external/abstraction search path?
on my own system (OSX) i use a .pdrc file, with vanilla pd 0.40, and just add new externals to my .pdrc as i need them.
but when i'm helping out a newbie who's just downloaded Pd-extended and who wants to use a whizz bang patch set that's not included in Pd-extended, i don't know what advice to give them about how to properly install their new whizz bang patch set.
i notice that the Pd GUI seems to have a Path dialog (on OSX: Pd->Preferences->Path...) but it doesn't seem to be big enough to hold everything (only 10 slots and no scroll bars). also, if you have 30 paths in your .pdrc, and then go and click 'save all settings' in this Path dialog, what happens to the rest of your paths seems to be undefined...
on Windows paths seem to be stored via the Registry, but (from memory) if you have a .pdrc file somewhere, this overrides what's in the registry.
any tips appreciated thanks d
make a folder on your harddisk called 'pd-externals' or something.
in the taskbar of pd, go into preferences->path….there will be no
space to add a new path, but you can do it this way: on an existing line, without adding any spaces, add a colon and then the path to 'pd-externals'
so, for example, /System/Library/Fonts will become /System/Library/Fonts:/pd-externals
apply and save these settings, and your externals will work.
if you have subfolders within your externals folder, then you will need to add separate paths to each of these subfolders too.
hard off wrote:
make a folder on your harddisk called 'pd-externals' or something.
in the taskbar of pd, go into preferences->pathÂ….there will be no
space to add a new path, but you can do it this way: on an existing line, without adding any spaces, add a colon and then the path to 'pd-externals'
cool, this sounds sensible, thanks.
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Damian Stewart -
hard off