[PD-dev] Help search; standard external installation paths
Julius Smith
jos at ccrma.stanford.edu
Tue Jan 27 20:53:04 CET 2004
Thanks for the help. Is there a recommended way to access this function
[class_sethelpsymbol(t_class *c, t_symbol *s)] via flext?
It still seems to me that the default behavior (removing the tilde) is
incorrect.
Julius
At 02:48 AM 1/27/2004, d.lj wrote:
>[Julius Smith]->[[PD-dev] Help search; standard external installation...
>
> |Dear pd-dev,
> |
> |When pd searches for a help file in response to "right-click Help" on some
> |external object, the '~' is removed from the sought filename. This seems
> |incorrect since it prevents "signal-based" and "message-based" objects from
> |having the same root name. I would think the '~' should be fundamentally a
> |part of the module's name.
> |
> |My current workaround is to install a symbolic link from "help-name~.pd" to
> |"help-name.pd" in my doc dir for externals, which seems rather ugly.
>
>the help file can be set:
>http://iem.kug.ac.at/pd/externals-HOWTO/node9.html#SECTION000921000000000000000
>
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