[PD-dev] where is the search priority set?

[Roman Haefeli]

On Sat, 2019-08-10 at 14:17 +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> > By working on Pd's manual, I can see the current priority is to
> > look first
> > in the directory containing the patch, then in the search paths. I
> > still
> > want to maintain that structure. I just think that the order of the
> > paths
> > should be different, first with "standard paths" (which includes
> > 'extra')
> > then the user added paths.
> 
> I think you are right that the core "extra" externals should have
> priority. 

I was trained by operating systems and programming languages that order
is usually from local to global. I don't quite see why <pd-root>/extra
should have priority. Is it considered more local than what I have in
my home folder or part of my project?

Roman
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