[PD-dev] enabling Gem's explicit help-patches (was: Re: Pd-cvs Digest, Vol 41, Issue 12)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jul 14, 2008, at 6:06 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> pd-cvs-request at iem.at wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:05:58 -0700
>> From: eighthave at users.sourceforge.net
>>
>> added back the help symbol prefix and set it as 'Gem/', since it  
>> is needed to make the helpfiles work in the current setup
>>
>> Modified Paths:
>> --------------
>>     branches/pd-extended/v0-40/packages/Makefile
>>
>> Modified: branches/pd-extended/v0-40/packages/Makefile
>> ===================================================================
>> --- branches/pd-extended/v0-40/packages/Makefile	2008-07-11  
>> 14:45:51 UTC (rev 10162)
>> +++ branches/pd-extended/v0-40/packages/Makefile	2008-07-12  
>> 01:05:57 UTC (rev 10163)
>> @@ -479,15 +479,18 @@
>>  # always run aclocal/autoconf until "configure" is deleted from CVS
>>  	cd $(gem_src)/src && aclocal
>>  	cd $(gem_src)/src && autoconf
>> -	cd $(gem_src)/src && ./configure --without-ffmpeg --with-pd=$ 
>> (pd_src) \
>> -		--disable-NV
>> +	cd $(gem_src)/src && ./configure \
>> +		DEFINES='-DHELPSYMBOL -DHELPSYMBOL_BASE="Gem/"' \
>> +		--without-ffmpeg --with-pd=$(pd_src) --disable-NV
>>  	$(MAKE) -C $(gem_src)/src
>>
>
> good try, but unfortunately it doesn't work like this.
> the "HELPSYMBOL" define is not a boolean, but really the actual
> help-symbol you request.
> so even if quoting worked in the attempt (which it does not), what you
> would get is that all Gem-objects would have the same help-patch  
> "Gem/1"
> (which would eventually expand to "Gem/1-help"...)
>
>
> i suggest to not mess around with the HELPSYMBOL defines, but  
> rather put
> the the binary and the reference-files into extra/Gem/.
>
> if you want to keep the reference-patches in doc/5.reference/Gem, why
> not duplicate them for now?

I guess I'll do the help file duplicates in extra/Gem.  I was trying  
to avoid making things even more messy.

.hc


> fmgasfd.r
> IOhannes
>
>
>
> PS: probably trying it locally once before submitting it would have  
> been
> a good idea :-)
>
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