[PD-dev] removing path and libs from Pd-extended preferences GUI

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 09:31 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
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> On 2011-09-19 19:32, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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> > Hey Miller,
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> > I actually think this would make switching between vanilla and extended
> > easier because it would make people use [import] or [declare] to load
> > libs, then when using vanilla, you'll know which libraries the patch
> > needs.  Can you think of examples where it would make things more
> > difficult?
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> so the idea is to have tons of error messages when using pd-vanilla, of
> the kind: "import zexy... couldn't create" so that the user knows that
> they have to load the "zexy" library and henceforth ignore the "import
> zexy" line and only check the remaining "import foobar...couldn't create"?
> 
> i seem to remember that there was a recent email saying that "a patch
> relying on an error" was not to be considered as correct.

Either way, if you open a patch that uses zexy objects in Pd-vanilla,
there will be "...couldn't create" errors.  Having [import zexy] there
at least gives a place to focus on.  Or if people are interested in more
portability, they are welcome to either use [declare] or "apt-get
install puredata-import"

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