[PD-dev] saving preset pools in the parent path, rather than the abstraction path?

ix ix at replic.net
Thu Nov 11 23:31:50 CET 2004


On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:14:23PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> B. Bogart hat gesagt: // B. Bogart wrote:
> 
> > Anyone has a suggestion on how to force my pool data to save in the same dir as
> > the parent patch of the abstraction, rather than the directory where the
> > abstraction resides?
> 
> This question comes up very often, actually. In RRADical I use the
> only solution, that in my experience always works: use absolute paths
> like you get them from [open/savepanel]
> 
> I am convinced: relative paths are The Wrong Thing To Do In Pd (tm)
> - except for some usecases like namespacing.
> 
> (It surely is possible to hack around the fact, that abstractions

ive always just done this, but i guess if you open another patch in the meantime it might be off..

#N canvas 0 0 454 304 12;
#X obj 188 59 tot .;
#X msg 188 38 query global pd_opendir .: list $pd_opendir;
#X obj 188 80 print;
#X connect 0 0 2 0;
#X connect 1 0 0 0;


> don't know their parents when they are written - for example using
> some Python scripting - but IMO it's hacking and thus should be left
> to Yves [excuse the silly Graz reference].)
> 
> Ciao
> -- 
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__
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