[PD] *.lua => *.pd_lua or *.l_lua?

[marius schebella]

I don't know how short file extension and bittorrent relate, because I 
really do not use bt often. but I think I got your point.
btw, in max/msp when you add new files to the max-search path you have 
to restart max to make the changes effective. I think max caches the 
files somehow, and that probably makes the loading process of new 
objects faster. but I like the pd way more (although I think at some 
point (with thousands of folders to search this might slow down the 
system...)
marius.

Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> marius schebella hat gesagt: // marius schebella wrote:
> 
>> I am not sure if I agree with your (frank's) point. wouldn't it be 
>> easier keep your pd searchpaths clean of non-pd related lua scripts than 
>> to put a fancy file extension on every script?
> 
> Not really: As soon as you start distributing things, you'd have to
> bundle your helper modules anway and explain everyone to not put them
> in their Pd paths. This would be even worse for Pd-extended: Where
> should the non-pdlua Lua files go? How to add and manage Lua search
> paths? It's a can of worms.
> 
>> anyway, I think 3 letters of file extension should be enough, *.pdl
>> is shorter.
> 
> You need to use bittorrent more often. ;)
> 
>> or add an obligatory description statement somewhere in the first lines 
>> of the script so that pdlua recognizes it as a pd loadable lua script.
> 
> See my other mail why I don't think this is a good solution. And
> actually it's already in effect: When a Lua file doesn't register
> itself with Pd, it's not loaded. But Pd still tries to do so, which is
> one thing I'm trying to avoid.
> 
> Ciao