[PD-dev] tgrills' alternate loader function

[Thomas Grill]

Hans-Christoph Steiner schrieb:

>
> I just saw the alternate loader patch and really like that idea.  It  
> would be handy to write externals in any script language too.  Since  
> IOhannes and I have also just written alternate loaders of sorts (HEX  
> and libdir), it would be good to incorporate these two patches with  
> yours and get it into the Pd-extended builds to try it out.
>
true

> There isn't enough info for me to include your patch, to start with, 
> a  diff -uw (with context) would make for a more flexible patch.  
> Also, I  didn't see how to add new loader functions (I've never worked 
> with  pointers to functions in C).
>
i updated the tracker item with a -uw patch and a small usage example. I 
hope things are clearer now - it's simplistic.

> You can see IO's and my patches in CVS in packages/patches.   
> loaderHEX-0.39-1.patch and libdir-0.38-4.patch.  Both apply smoothly 
> to  0.38.4 and pd in CVS.
>
don't forget that i'm under Windows where patching tools are not that 
comfortable.
Also, i never work with Miller's version, so i can't be sure whether the 
patch applies ok there.

best greetings,
Thomas

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Thomas Grill
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