[PD-dev] CVS addition: -helppath

[guenter geiger]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Adam Lindsay wrote:
> >1) Put it in m_imp.h
> >2) Put a declaration on top of the file where you use the function.
>
> Thanks. That's an important coding guideline.

If you take it as a coding guideline, forget about option 2.
Its a hack.

> The way I use the helppath namelist is to initialise it with the pd path
> + /doc/5.reference (so it works as normal).
>
> If I want to, for example, add pddp help patches without overwriting the
> original pd help patches, I can put them in another directory, and then
> add that directory as another line in my .pdrc. I personally would use
> these -path and -helppath directives to keep the pd installation "clean"
> and then point to other directories for externals and their help patches.
>
> >I might be wrong, have to check before complaining actually ...
>
> I'm not sure I understood your question. I hope I approached a little of
> the "why", though.

Yes, the "why" answers my question perfectly.
Keeping the pd installation clean, makes a lot of sense, definitely.
Especially on architecture where this issue is not handled by
the installer.

Guenter