[Pd] active and tot not right in pd-extended

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Sep 4, 2006, at 2:58 AM, Frank Barknecht wrote:

> Hallo,
> carmen hat gesagt: // carmen wrote:
>
>> i added a patch to the tracker a while back for pd.ini support on
>> windows. easier than a batch file since its the same format as .pdrc
>> on 'n[iu]x, and obviously easier than using an installer to add
>> something to the registry.
>
> I like that. The only Windows machines I have access to are at work
> and there I'm not enabled to touch the registry anyways. Also I don't
> know many Windows users who are comfortable with the registry. I don't
> know many people at all who know their way around the registry.

Like it or not (I don't), the registry is the Windows-native way of  
managing settings.  I think we should try to be as native as possible  
on each platform, so on Windows that means using the registry.  For  
what Pd uses the registry for, its really not that scary, and its  
pretty straightforward to manage.

.hc

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