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

[Roman Haefeli]

hi miller

it works. thanks :-)

roman

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 08:59 -0700, Miller Puckette wrote:
> 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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