[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Bugs-2959373 ] pddplink doesn't handle relative paths correctly

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Bugs item #2959373, was opened at 2010-02-25 22:26
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Category: externals
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Jonathan Wilkes (jancsika1)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: pddplink doesn't handle relative paths correctly

Initial Comment:
The attached example shows the problem clearly.  If you use the link in main.pd it will open ./myPatch.pd, but myPatch.pd will erroneously inherit the path of the canvas that contains the link.  Thus helperAbstraction won't create because ./folder is not searched.

You can see this clearly in the window heading of myPatch.pd after you follow the link: it lists the object as "./folder/myPatch.pd" and the path as that of main.pd. But if you make an object [./folder/myPatch.pd] in main.pd and open it, you can see it correctly lists the object as "myPatch.pd" and makes ./folder part of the path.  This is what pddplink should do, too.

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