[PD] [declare -stdpath] relative to what?

[Miller Puckette]

Aha.. it's buggy.  You have to say "declare -stdpath ../extra/iemabs"
(because, by mistake, it's relative to the pd/src directory!).
I think I should fix this (hoping nobody else gets bitten in the opposite
direction)...

cheers
Miller

On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 12:59:22AM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> hi again
> 
> from the help-file i got an idea, how about it is supposed to work, but
> i can't get it work. can you make me a working example? did you test
> this feature?
> 
> here a real-world example (from my first post in this thread):
> 
> location of pd:
> /usr/local/bin/pd
> 
> and i wanted to load [bp2~] from 'iemabs':
> /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/iemabs/
> 
> therefore i tried:
> [declare -stdpath iemabs] (assuming 'extra' is the standard location)
> [declare -stdpath ../lib/pd/extra/iemabs] (relative to the pd binary)
> [declare -stdpath extra/iemabs]
> 
> 
> for each example, i first saved the patch with the [declared] and
> reloaded it and tried to instantiate [bp2~], but it always failed. i
> can't imagine, what argument i am supposed to give to [declare
> -stdpath].
> 
> here is what i get from verbose output:
> 
> - [declare -stdpath extra/iemabs]
> 
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pat and failed
>  bp2~
> ... couldn't create
> 
> 
> - [declare -stdpath iemabs]
> 
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.l_i386 and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pd_linux and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386
> and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pd and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/iemabs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pat and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pat and failed
>  bp2~
> ... couldn't create
> 
> 
> - [declare -stdpath ../lib/pd/extra/iemabs]
> 
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.l_i386 and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pd_linux and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386
> and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~/bp2~.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pd and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/../lib/pd/extra/iemabs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/5.reference/help-iemmatrix/bp2~.pat and
> failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/abs/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/doc/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/netpd/bp2~.pat and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/bp2~.pat and failed
>  bp2~
> ... couldn't create
> 
> 
> (sorry for this huge post)
> 
> i noticed, that it never tries a combination of the prefix
> '/usr/local/<whatever>' and the argument i give, wich means, that it
> just doesn't try 'standard' locations, as the help-files mentions. it
> only tries either  '/usr/local/<whatever>/<classname>.<suffix>' or
> '/<path_of_the_patch>/<argument_i_give_to_declare>.
> 
> roman
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 15:06 -0700, Miller Puckette wrote:
> > Oops, my mistake.
> > 
> > In "declare" systax, "-stdpath" does take an argument... if you give it
> > foo/bar, for example, the directory searched is .../pd/foo/bar.
> > 
> > My bad for naming it the same as the command-line argument, which does
> > something different.
> > 
> > cheers
> > Miller
> > 
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 04:38:31PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> > > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Miller Puckette wrote:
> > > >On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 07:26:05PM +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > >>i just figured out, that i don't know how to use [declare -stdpath]. the
> > > >In vanilla at least, -stdpath and -nostdpath simpl turn on and off 
> > > >searching
> > > >in the "extra" directory of Pd.  It takes no argument.
> > > 
> > > Roman is not even talking about that feature. He's talking about the other 
> > > feature of the same name. It's in a class named [declare]. You added 
> > > [declare] in 0.40. It is implemented by canvas_declare, a function that 
> > > you wrote for 0.40. That feature takes an argument, as you wrote in the 
> > > code:
> > > 
> > >         else if ((argc > i+1) && !strcmp(flag, "-stdpath"))
> > >         {
> > >             strncpy(strbuf, sys_libdir->s_name, MAXPDSTRING-3);
> > >             strbuf[MAXPDSTRING-4] = 0;
> > >             strcat(strbuf, "/");
> > >             strncpy(strbuf, atom_getsymbolarg(i+1, argc, argv)->s_name,
> > >                 MAXPDSTRING-strlen(strbuf));
> > >             strbuf[MAXPDSTRING-1] = 0;
> > >             e->ce_path = namelist_append(e->ce_path, strbuf, 0);
> > >             i++;
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > Because atom_getsymbolarg takes an argument, and i++ augments the counter 
> > > so that it points to the beginning of the next option, which is after that 
> > > argument. This is what you wrote.
> > > 
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