<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>The meta file is required for a 'libdir' library. Other custom formats like Gem's or gridflow's perhaps don't require it. I say lobby Tom Erbe to include the meta file, and structure soundhack like a libdir. I'll happy answer any questions along those lines.</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div><br><div><div>On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I imagine this is a wanted behaviour, but would like to confirm.<div><br></div><div>when using [import] to load a library which does not include the *-meta.pd file, such lib fails to be loaded.</div><div>Ubuntu Lucid, Ubuntu Studio and Mac OSX 10.6, 10.7, with Pd-ext 0.42.5.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This happens for instance with Soundhack for Pure Data.</div><div>If this is wanted, perhaps it could be handy and easy to include the *-meta.pd... </div><div><br></div><div>Will, what do you think?</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>I'm [import]ing a couple of those externals within the Xth Sense framework, but when students download the Soudhack externals, they have to manually add the meta file.</div><div><br></div><div>
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