[PD-dev] Help search; standard external installation paths

Julius Smith jos at ccrma.stanford.edu
Tue Jan 27 20:53:04 CET 2004


Thanks for the help.  Is there a recommended way to access this function 
[class_sethelpsymbol(t_class *c, t_symbol *s)] via flext?

It still seems to me that the default behavior (removing the tilde) is 
incorrect.

Julius

At 02:48 AM 1/27/2004, d.lj wrote:
>[Julius Smith]->[[PD-dev] Help search; standard external installation...
>
>  |Dear pd-dev,
>  |
>  |When pd searches for a help file in response to "right-click Help" on some
>  |external object, the '~' is removed from the sought filename.  This seems
>  |incorrect since it prevents "signal-based" and "message-based" objects from
>  |having the same root name.  I would think the '~' should be fundamentally a
>  |part of the module's name.
>  |
>  |My current workaround is to install a symbolic link from "help-name~.pd" to
>  |"help-name.pd" in my doc dir for externals, which seems rather ugly.
>
>the help file can be set:
>http://iem.kug.ac.at/pd/externals-HOWTO/node9.html#SECTION000921000000000000000
>
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