[PD] The parent patch file name... state saving

[Thomas O Fredericks]

Getdir only outputs the directory in witch the parent patch is and not 
the parent patch name!

Tom



Frank Barknecht wrote:

>Hallo,
>Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote:
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>>Thomas O Fredericks hat gesagt: // Thomas O Fredericks wrote:
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>>>I use a lot of VST~ and make custom programming for one shot 
>>>installations. I want PD to remember what vsts I loaded and what program 
>>>number was last selected. They have to be loaded as if they were actual 
>>>PD objects. Automatic loading of a default state file just makes life 
>>>simpler. 
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>>Well, why not just use a [loadbang] to load the state file. 
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>Ah, sorry, I now see how this is related to your original question,
>where you wanted to save and reload using the name of the *parent*
>patch. 
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>I see no other solution to that than to use "getdir" in the parent
>patch and pass that to the child through a message or as argument. The
>parent knows it's name, either by "getdir" or by hardcoding, so this
>should work.
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>However I still think, that relating patch filenames to state files is
>not The Right Thing, to me it just feels wrong. But I had this
>argument with Ben Bogart several times (remember, Ben?), so I can
>understand that people want to do it. I just think it's wrong. ;)
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>Ciao
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