[PD] Patch load path

[Krzysztof Czaja]

hi,

I would rather defend the way it is now, i.e. to 

For the time being you have two options:

1. (prefered) to copy the main patch into your startup directory;

2. to replace [<external-name>] with
[<full-path-into-startup-directory>/<external-name>]

Krzysztof

Ludde wrote:
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> I think there is a problem with the load path of patches in PD. I have a
> situation where there is patches in a library and in the startup
> directory.
> Now I like to override some patch in the library by adding a modified
> version of it in the startup directory. I think this should be a rather
> good idea but
> PD does not handle the situation as I would like. If you try to override
> a patch that is includen in another patch in the library then PD will
> open the one from the library and not from the startup directory as I
> would like. How can you tell PD to first look in the startup directory?
> I have tried to solve the problem without success by using the -path in
> the starup command. How can this problem be solve? What do others think
> about the search order?
> 
> Best regards,
> Peter Lunden