[PD] Plugin for 0.43 to have a gtk-looking open dialog

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 16:08 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
> IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> > On 2010-12-14 15:31, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> >> I believe the objection you mention is that Pd-extended automatically
> >> creates ~/pd-externals.  ~/pd-externals is the standard user-install
> >> path for Pd-vanilla and Pd-extended.
> >>
> I would second the suggestion someone made of a .pd-extended (with dot) 
> folder in the user's home as that seems quite standard for many linux 
> apps... Of course I'm not sure how much this would break existing 
> libraries which rely on the pd-extended folder.

That's a common suggestion.  Frank made a good case for it not to be a .
file, you can see the threads at the bottom here:

http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files

.hc

> 
> Lorenzo.
> > since i think that lorenzo relates to me raising the issues, i can
> > confirm that i am indeed concerned with pd-extended automatically
> > creating the ~/pd-externals folder.
> >
> > i don't mind so much if the ~/pd-externals folder is searched
> > automatically, but why would anybody want to have an empty folder in
> > their home-directory.
> >
> >>   No sudo or root access needed.
> > people who are able to copy a file from ~/Downloads/superduper into
> > ~/pd-externals can probably be expected to be able to create a
> > ~/pd-externals directory.
> > for externals that come with an installation routine (for users who are
> > not willing to copy files around manually), this can create the
> > directory as well.
> >
> > ghmsdft
> > IOhannes
> >
> >
> >
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