[PD-ot] path

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Thurstan hat gesagt: // Thurstan wrote:

> The 'PD search path for patches and other files' menu is not clear to me.
> It contains a line with G:/Program Files/pd/extra/
> 
> When I close it and open it again it containts two lines:
> 
> G:/Program 
> Files/pd/extra/
> 
> This is due to the space I quess. When I then restore the first line
> and add "" like so: "G:/Program Files/pd/extra/" the path-menu will not
> open anymore.

This looks like a bug. 

> When does PD use this path-search function anyway? Because when I
> click on 'open' it still opens the 'bin' folders.

The search path has another function: It tells Pd, where to look for
objects (externals or abstractions) that are not built-in in Pd. All
those *.dll files in pd/extra/ for example can only be used it you
have this directory in you Pd search path.

> Greets and sorry for all these novice-questions.

We all were novices once. Those questions aren't off-topic at all, so
you should post them to pd-list instead of here. 

ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__