[PD-dev] loading classes: search by directory rather than extension

[Dan Wilcox]

To be fair, Deken puts things in ~/pd-externals because it was there and working already without requiring *yet another patch*. Having a base place to install externals fixes the need to install directly to extra on platforms where that doesn’t make sense aka within OSX app bundles.

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Dan Wilcox
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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 1:00 PM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> here are a couple more (perhaps more minor) ones:
> Searching a fixed directory like "~/pd-externals" is a rotten idea - I
> don't know why I ever accepted it as an idea. And now the "deken" engine
> puts patches there!

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