[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Patches-2746054 ] hard-code default user-install paths

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

SourceForge.net wrote:
> 
> Initial Comment:
> This patch hard-codes user install paths outlined in this FAQ entry.  This makes it so
> that Pd has a standard, documented place for users to install their files, and means Pd will look in the user install paths regardless of the prefs.
> 
> http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files-with-pd-extended
> 

just wondering why on linux the hardcoded directory is called 
"pd-externals" while on both w32 and osx the directory is called "Pd".

shouldn't it be a folder "Pd" as well? (to avoid confusion)

and as for linux (i know this has been discussed before): each and every 
application i know (but the most ugly ones :-)) put their plugins into a 
hidden directory.
so why add clutter to the home-directory with ~/pd-externals/ rather 
than putting it into ~/.pd/extra ?
(i would have put the preferences into ~/.pd/settings as well)

mfgasd.r
IOhannes
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