[PD-dev] path for embedded examples

[Roman Haefeli]

On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 13:25 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Part of the idea of a libdir is to also include examples.  Currently,  
> this is done using an 'examples' subfolder.  The problem with that is  
> the example patches won't automatically find the objects from the  
> libdir that they are embedded in. So I'm wondering what the best way  
> to handle this is.  Here are a couple ideas:
> 
> - require [declare -path ..] for all example patches (works on any  
> branch of Pd)
> 
> - instead of 'examples' folder, use mypatch-example.pd in the main dir  
> of the libdir (works without extra tricks)
> 
> - use [import mylib] for all example patches (works even when the  
> example patch is saved elsewhere)

- use [declare -stdpath extra/mylib] for all example patches (works on
any branch of Pd and works even when the example patch is saved
elsewhere)


> Another idea would be to have Pd automatically add ".." to the path  
> when you open an example folder.
> 
> .hc
>