[PD] issue with help-patches in pd-0.40.0-testX

[Miller Puckette]

Hi Roman,

OK, I might have found the problem but perhaps you should test the fix
to make sure it works with your particular helppath...

in s_path.c, line 346, change:

    glob_evalfile(0, gensym((char*)realname), gensym(dirbuf));

to:

    glob_evalfile(0, gensym((char*)basename), gensym(dirbuf));

Can you check this?
thanks
Miller

On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 01:11:24AM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> hi all, hi miller
> 
> sorry, that i am *not* through yet with this topic. i still don't quite
> see through the system of the helppatches and how and in which order
> they are searched.
> anyway, i noticed a difference to 0.39, if not a bug. it seems that
> pd-0.40 cannot find helpfiles from some externals anymore, or in more
> accurate words: it actucally *finds* the helppatches, but it does not
> open them. showing helpfiles still works on pd's own objects and some
> externals like iemmatrix or gridflow.
> 
> example:
> 
> a) i have all zexy-helpfiles in: 
> /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-zexy/
> 
> b) so the helpfile of [date] is this:
> /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-zexy/date.pd
> 
> c) then i start pd with '-verbose'-flag and create a [date].
> 
> d) right-click on [date] -> help.
> 
> the pd windows says:
> 
> <paste>
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/date-help.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/zexy/date-help.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-gridflow/zexy/date-help.pd
> and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/zexy/date-help.pd
> and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/zexy/date-help.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/zexy/date-help.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/help-zexy/date.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/help-zexy/date.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-gridflow/help-zexy/date.pd
> and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/help-zexy/date.pd
> and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-zexy/date.pd and succeeded
> </paste>
> 
> everything ok so far, since it could find the appropriate help-file, but
> the terminal (stderr) says:
> 
> <paste>
> open: /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/help-zexy/help-zexy/date.pd: No
> such file or directory
> help-zexy/date.pd: No such file or directory
> </paste>
> 
> and pd doesn't open this non-existing file, of course.
> 
> this is *only* on 0.40 and only with externals, which add their
> directory name to the searchpath (like zexy, Gem, iemlibs).
> 
> roman
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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