[PD][proposal] pd externs/extra/abs policy

[Olaf Matthes]

Hi,

for Windows (maybe it works for Linux too) I could imagine using an
environment
variable, e.g. PD_EXTRA (like "VST_PATH" which is used for VST
Plug-Ins). There
could be batch files included with externals that add the correct path
to the
list (or it could be done manually by the user). The command would be
something
like:

"set PD_EXTRA=c:\pd\etxra;c:\pdogg~;c:\path\to\other\externals"

This could also be implemented for help patches...


Olaf


Krzysztof Czaja schrieb:

> I would rather put my stuff somewhere down the tree.
>
> Krzysztof
>
> Miller Puckette wrote:
> ...
>  > I think the best thing is to throw everything in pd/extra.  This will mean
>  > that updating Pd requires that you reassemble the externs, but then, at
>  > some level you always will have to do that, so it probably doesn't help to
>  > have two or three such directories instead of one...