[PD] Grokking [declare]

[Mike McGonagle]

Oh, I was also wondering if there could be some sort of 'feedback' from
[declare] that tells us what the path is? Maybe there could be an inlet on
[declare] that when it receives a bang, it outlets what paths are currently
loaded for searching.
Mike


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Mike McGonagle <mjmogo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have been following the development of [declare], but sadly every time I
> have tried to use it, it doesn't appear to work as the help file says it
> should.
>
> I have tried it several different ways:
>
> 1. [declare -stdpath extra/zexy]
> 2. [prime] <-- from zexy
>
> the [prime] object doesn't get created...
>
> version 2:
>
> 1. [declare -stdpath zexy]
> 2. [prime]
>
> still no joy...
>
> I also tried the same thing, only using -stdlib, but that doesn't seem to
> load anything either.
>
> Next I tried to do something relative to a project folder in my home
> directory. Inside there, I created a subfolder named 'more' (as in the help
> file), and in that I have a file 'abstract.pd'. I made a patch in the root
> of the project, and used this
>
> 1. [declare -path more]
> 2. [abstract]
>
> the [abstract] object doesn't get created.
>
> I am running Mac OS 10.4.11, running on PPC hardware. I used the latest
> version of PD Extended (the 0.40.3-extended-20080603). I also tried these
> same things with Vanilla PD 41.4, and got the same results.
>
> Is there some test patch out there that I could use to test these things?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> --
> Peace may sound simple—one beautiful word— but it requires everything we
> have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.
> —Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), musician
>



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have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.
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