[PD] Using zexy under Windows 98

[Joseph Zitt]

OK, I got it working by stripping things down as simply as possibly,
before getting this message.

Are these instructions true for all externs, or specific to zexy? I can
take them and turn them into a clearer document (I think) on installing
externs (or, if they're specific to zexy, just installing zexy) on
Windows.

On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 05:10, IOhannes zmoelnig wrote:
> hi !
> 
> Joseph Zitt wrote:
> > 
> > After trying this again, I'm still not getting it to work.
> > 
> > Do I understand correctly that to get zexy to run under Windows:
> > 
> > - there must be one and only one copy of the file zexy.dll on the
> > system,
> no
> 
> you can have as many zexy.dll's lying around on your system as you like.
> you just have to make sure, that the correct one is loaded
> 
> > - that file must be in the pd/externs directory.
> no
> 
> you can put it wherever you want.
> you just have to make sure, that it is found.
> when you execute the z_install.bat file, the zexy.dll is copied to the 
> pd/externs directory (assuming that you unpacked the zexy.zip to pd/zexy)
> 
> > - that directory must be listed as an argument to -path in the pd batch
> > file.
> no
> you jsut have to make sure that the library is found.
> automatically the paths pd/extra and the directory of the current patch 
> are searched (and i think pd/bin too, but i wouldn't put external 
> libraries there)
> 
> so:
> in order to make help helpful you should do following:
> 1.) open a shell (ms-dos console)
> 2.) cd to the path where you extracted zexy to (eg: pd/zexy)
> 3.) execute pd in verbose mode with something like "..\bin\pd -verbose"
> adjust the "..\bin" path to your system; you can use absolute paths if 
> you want (like "C:\sound\programs\pd\bin\pd -verbose"). if the 
> pd/bin-path is in your system-path ("echo %path%") you may do without 
> specifying the path)
> 4.) open a new patch, and create an object [zexy] (without the braces of 
> course)
> 5.) watch the shell
> 5a) does it say something like the following ?
>          @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>          @...the zexy external1b1...@
>          @ forum::f?r::uml?ute 2000 @
>          @ send me a 'help' message @
>          @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> you are loading zexy and everything should be fine.
> if so, watch the version number ("1b1" in this case). if it is less than 
> 1.0 (eg 0.9) you might miss some functionality. i think the matrix~ and 
>   multiplex~ objects first appeared in zexy-0.8. there was a bug in 
> multiline~ and matrix~ that distorted the output. it is fixed now (i 
> hope on the windows-version too...)
> 
> if you are sure, that you have installed a recent version of zexy (and 
> old versions are still around on the system) and you are loading an old 
> version, you can see which file is loaded by the verbose-output
> (lines like:
> tried /Net/iem/Benutzer/zmoelnig/pd/abstractions/zexy.dll and failed
> tried /Net/iem/Benutzer/zmoelnig/pd/externs/zexy.dll and succeeded
> )
> b) if not, does it say something like "zexy: can't load library"
> what else does it say ?
> 
> c) if not, does it say something like
> tried /Net/iem/Benutzer/zmoelnig/pd/abstractions/zexy.pd and succeeded
> (notice the wrong extension).
> then you shoud try to load the library explicitely from commandline with 
> something like
> "..\bin\pd -verbose -lib zexy"
> 
> 6) now open the help-file "zexy.pd" (or other zexy help). the objects 
> should create without problems
> 
> 7.) if it has worked you can now try to experimt with correct path-settings
> a) you can put the zexy.dll in your "library-path" (like pd\externs)
> if you want zexy to be available all the time,
> edit your startup-file to something like:
> "pd -path c:\sound\pd\externs -lib zexy"
> alternatively you can make a startup like
> "pd -lib c:\sound\pd\externs\zexy"
> b) if you want zexy on demand, use a startup like
> "pd -path c:\sound\pd\externs"
> and create an object [zexy] in your patch. (this can be useful, since it 
> reflects the dependency on the library)
> alternatively, you can create an object
> [c:\sound\pd\externs\zexy] in your patch that depends on zexy
> (this might proove not very portable to other systems than yours)
> 
> 
> last hint:
> the order of "-path" and "-lib" flags to the commandline (startup-file) 
> is important.
> you might not find the library with
> "pd -lib zexy -path c:\my\special\pd\libraries"
> although it would work with
> "pd -path c:\my\special\pd\libraries -lib zexy"
> 
> 
> hope this works
> mfg.cds.adr
> IOhannes
> 
> 
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