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

[Miller Puckette]

> > 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.
> 
> I'm not going to rehash the whole thing but I tried to find a compromise for both, even if it's not perfect.
> 
> >> 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
> 
> I don't know the details of the Linux conf handling, but that looks correct.
> 
> For macOS, this would be the equivalent:
> 
> $ defaults write org.puredata.pd.pd-gui docspath "DISABLED"
> 
> >> 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..
> 
> Maybe we need to add a plugin override in general  (-noplugin "docsdir") or a docspath override specifically, ala -nodocsdir? I tried to make sure if doesn't ask if the home directory is not available or not writable (ala readonly setups), but maybe there can be another hacker-friendly check? Logic is in the plugin init proc:
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_blob_master_tcl_pd-5Fdocsdir.tcl-23L40&d=DwIFAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=2QNctPGAPLg2CyC6UKTYfm684pDjkaHti_r9JWl22Lbihl1MhYu2g-9ao08pgs5_&s=H7WS2zatzTAy6CuQZt82_c0udbGWQIeM9dbG_5jq23I&e=  <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_pure-2Ddata_pure-2Ddata_blob_master_tcl_pd-5Fdocsdir.tcl-23L40&d=DwIFAg&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=XprZV3Fxus2L1LCw80hE4Q&m=2QNctPGAPLg2CyC6UKTYfm684pDjkaHti_r9JWl22Lbihl1MhYu2g-9ao08pgs5_&s=H7WS2zatzTAy6CuQZt82_c0udbGWQIeM9dbG_5jq23I&e= >
> 
> My original thinking was that if you didn't want the docspath handling, you'd just press No once and never see it again, however if you are working with more than a couple normal desktop installs, this can of course not be the case.

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Here's a modest idea for an improvement - perhaps when Pd is started from itself, not
from the GUI, it should regard a missing docspath as meaning not to ask, but when it's
started form the TCL/TK layer we'd stick with the current behavior.

cheers
Miller