[PD] Grokking [declare]

[Mike McGonagle]

Hans (or anyone),

Is there some patch that is in some release that shows how declare
actually works? I can't seem to give it any path that will then be
searched for stuff.

I know that Miller has said that he uses this all the time, and it
works for him. I just can't quite figure out what I am doing wrong, if
anything at all...

Mike


On 6/7/08, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>
>
> I added querying to [import] and it now uses the same mechanism as
> [declare].
>
> [declare -stdpath zexy] only works on Mac OS X, you need to do it like this
> on Windows and GNU/Linux:
>
> [declare -stdpath ../extra/zexy]
>
> I am proposing to change this behavior, I think it should start in
> /path/to/pd/extra.
>
> .hc
>
> On Jun 7, 2008, at 6:20 AM, Mike McGonagle wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
> --
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> Pd-list at iem.at mailing list
> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management ->
> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
> exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
> which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
> himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession
> of everyone, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.            -
> Thomas Jefferson
>
>


-- 
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