[PD-dev] *.pd in externals/build/doc

[guenter geiger]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Larry Troxler wrote:
> On Sunday 14 September 2003 21:56, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> > In the current 'externals' build system, all of the help files are
> > checked into externals/build/doc.  It seems to me that this means that
> > we have two copies of each file to maintain: the original and the one
> > in externals/build/doc.  I am writing a section in the makefile for
> > darwin to copy these files from the source.  I would like to put this
> > in all of the makefiles (darwin, irix, linux, and win) unless anyone
> > has any objections.  Then I'll delete externals/build/doc from the CVS
> > since it will then be generated by the makefile.
> >
> > .hc
> >
>
> Wouldn't it make even more sense for "make install" to copy these files to
> somewhere where PD can by default see them?
>
> I didn't even know that there was a ~/externals/build/doc directory until you
> mentioned in just now.
>
> I guess somewhere in some readme there's a suggestion to add this to PD's help
> search list, huh?

Hi,

This is a CVS organization issue and has nothing to do with installing
help files.

I copied the help files into the folder because they had to be renamed
for version 0.37 (with the help- prefix).

I think copying them automaticaly with the makefile is a good idea.

Guenter