[PD] libdirs and search-plugin

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I haven't gotten GUI plugins to load from startup yet... only binaries (i.e. .dll, .pd_linux, .pd_darwin, etc.0

.hc

On Mar 19, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:

> Oh, ok.  They might be leftovers from a previous install.
> 
> Btw-- I cannot get any gui plugins to load in either pd-0.43 beta or pd-0.43 latest nightly build 
> under Windows XP.  I put them in the startup folder but I get this in the console:
> 
> C:/Program FIles/pd/startup/whatever-the-plugin-is.tcl: can't load startup library!
> 
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>> 
>> 
>> I think both of those are no longer in Pd-extended, at least in the build on my 
>> machine.
>> 
>> .hc
>> 
>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>> 
>>> Another question: why does doc/manuals/Gem exist?  Isn't it already 
>> inside extra/Gem?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Jonathan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, in scripts/ in pure-data SVN.  You're best bet for getting Gem 
>> to 
>>>> accept the meta files is to submit them to the pd-gem tracker.  For 
>> this release 
>>>> of Pd-extended 0.43, Gem is already imported into the pd-extended/0.43 
>> branch in 
>>>> SVN, so you can commit directly there.
>>>> 
>>>> .hc
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Actually-- is there a script to autogenerate the *-meta.pd file?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Jonathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>>>> To: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:50 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PD] libdirs and search-plugin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>>>>>>> To: Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>> Cc: "pd-list at iem.at" <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:30 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: libdirs and search-plugin
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This gives me a list of all libs with meta files:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ls -1 \
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> /Applications/Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120310.app/Contents/Resources/extra/*/*-meta.pd 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> \
>>>>>>>     | cut -d / -f 7 | sort -u > /tmp/meta.txt
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This gives me a list of all libs included:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> find \
>>>>>>> 
>>>> /Applications/Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120310.app/Contents/Resources/extra 
>>>>>> \
>>>>>>> -type d | cut -d / -f 7 | sort -u >  /tmp/all.txt
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And this tells me the different between those two lists:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> hans at dhcp-10 libcore $ diff /tmp/meta.txt /tmp/all.txt 
>>>>>>> 1c1,2
>>>>>>> < 
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     Gem
>>>>>>> 20a22
>>>>>>>>     hexloader
>>>>>>> 60a63,67
>>>>>>>>     pdp
>>>>>>>>     pix_artoolkit
>>>>>>>>     pix_drum
>>>>>>>>     pix_fiducialtrack
>>>>>>>>     pix_mano
>>>>>>> 68a76
>>>>>>>>     tclpd
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> For hexloader, pdp and tclpd I think you can commit one 
>> directly if 
>>>> you 
>>>>>> want.  
>>>>>>> For Gem and pix_* you'll have to go thru the Gem devs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ok, for hexloader, pdp and tclpd I'll make those changes 
>> when I get 
>>>> a 
>>>>>> chance.  
>>>>>> For Gem and pix_*: Dear Gem devs, please make sure there is a 
>> *-meta.pd 
>>>> patch 
>>>>>> in the libdir directory with the same format as the extant 
>> ones.  (This 
>>>> will 
>>>>>> make 
>>>>>> those libs show up in the list of externals that the user can 
>> browse, 
>>>> and show 
>>>>>> the 
>>>>>> appropriate author/license/and version info.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Jonathan
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     Hi Hans,
>>>>>>>>         Is Gem supposed to have a $libname-meta.pd in 
>> extra/Gem?  
>>>> If so, 
>>>>>> could 
>>>>>>> you put one there?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     I'm almost finished with my search plugin.  
>> I'm 
>>>> building a 
>>>>>> list of 
>>>>>>> available external libraries by searching 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     directories for a $libname-meta.pd file.  So the 
>> question is: 
>>>> how many 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> external libraries currently lack a 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     *-meta.pd file?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>     Jonathan
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
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