[PD-dev] Find external and install it in an custom folder does not work anymore in Pd 052.1on Debian ...

[Winfried Ritsch]

Thank you for the response.

Am Mittwoch, 5. Jänner 2022, 13:07:38 CET schrieb Dan Wilcox:
> > On Jan 5, 2022, at 12:00 PM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> > 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:58:02 +0100
> > From: Winfried Ritsch <ritsch at iem.at <mailto:ritsch at iem.at>>
> 
> > [1] Error response:
> That perhaps looks like a problem with deken itself.
> 
It happens if Pd Document path is disabled and system path cleared.

Not really a problem, but previous behaviour starting a file dialog did set the 
external path, so we have to change this settings before using find 
externals... anyway an error shouldnt happen.

> > [2] Also I do not like the recent behaviour to be forced to choose default
> > folders for externals installation, since also on headless computers when
> > setup automatically, it cannot answer an file dialog on first startup, I
> > do not know who had this idea or missed the discussion, to ask for one on
> > first start of Pd and not as an option to add it later...
> 
Thanks, and one correction to above, not headless but mouseless and 
keyboardless, on headless it does not ask for default folder.

> A very long discussion went on, part of which ended up as a proposal:
> 
> https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/152
> <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/152>
> 
Thank you for the hint, now I understand...  I am too late for respones ;-).

... anyway I thought Pd is gentleware: respectful to environments, not 
wolvesware which tend to leave their marks everywhere where they can  ...
but maybe it's only us old hacker generation, the younger generation got used 
to it.

> There is a key in the GUI settings for the Documents path which can be set
> to "DISABLED" to avoid triggering the initial dialog. This is what is set
> when you select No.
> 
ok, so I can do on remote command:
   $ mkdir -p ~/.config/Pd/org.puredata.pd.pd-gui
   $ echo DISABLED > .config/Pd/org.puredata.pd.pd-gui/docspath.conf


> Also, the documents directory handling is implemented as a plugin, so it
> could be deleted or renamed to avoid it entirely.
> 
I will take a look in this, but better dont touch the pd distributions 
packages..

mfg winfried
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