[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Patches-3418851 ] read startup config files from /etc/puredata/conf.d

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Patches item #3418851, was opened at 2011-10-05 05:19
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Category: puredata
Group: feature
>Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: read startup config files from /etc/puredata/conf.d

Initial Comment:
Hello,

I was looking at using puredata from debian, and currently, it's a bit of a mess, if I want to use PD + gem, I need to install both, and then mess up with config files, or, as the readme suggest (Readme.Debian), launch pd with an extenssive commandline:

| to start Pd with Gem support, issue the command (without the '%' sign)
| 
| % pd -path /usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem -lib Gem
| 
| OR
| 
| use the provided script instead of directly starting Pd:
| 
| % /usr/bin/pd-gem
| 
| OR
| 
| start Pd
| - navigate to "File->Path..." and add "/usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem" to the list of search-paths
| - click OK
| - navigate to "File->Startup..." and add "Gem" to the list of binaries to be loaded
| - click "Apply" and "Save all settings"
| 
| OR 
| 
| add the following lines to your ~/.pdrc file (deprecated)
| 
| -path /usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem
| -lib Gem

I think it'd be better to automatially include a file, that's what this patch is all about (and to be able to make a pd extenssion debian policy).

tell me what you think

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>Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2011-10-05 09:21

Message:
@anonymous(how i hate the openID implementation on sf): i don't see how
starting "pd-gem" is "messing up with config files" or "launching "with an
extensive commandline". alternatively, you can always launch pd/Gem from
the menu

@eighthave: using [declare] or [import] is one of many options how to load
library. other ways have their value as well, and i don't think we should
force people to do something (even if we do believe that they should do it)
(and yes, i am not always true to this suggestion myself :-))

finally, the two patches submitted are somewhat independent (though
related):
- having the opportunity to force the use of a given preference file
- implementing an /etc/*/conf.d/ style config cascade

i would suggest submitting them separately.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2011-10-05 06:05

Message:
For loading libraries, you should do it directly in the patch using either
[declare -lib] or [import] (apt-get install puredata-import).

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Comment By: https://www.google.com/accounts ()
Date: 2011-10-05 05:22

Message:
ok,... I can't seem to add my second patch,... you can find everything in:
http://core.evilgiggle.com/~xaiki/puredata/

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