[PD] Getting the best out of the rewrite (was: Re: pow~, etc. in Pd-extended 0.42.5)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:

>> I think its good to get to a point where we don't have to worry much
>> about backwards compatibility.  IMHO, the easiest way to do that is
>> embed library and other settings in each patch rather than having
>> libraries loaded by default.   The pow~ issue highlights that.
>>
>> You can also already use naming schemes like cyclone/prepend, iemlib/
>> prepend, etc.
>>
>> .hc
>
> That however does not solve problems like help files not being found  
> (at
> least no here) and/or not knowing which one is being loaded by  
> default (e.g.
> scale object is by default from Gem lib, so when you load the maxlib  
> version
> and right-click on its help, you still get Gem lib one).
>
> Ico


In Pd-extended 0.41.4 and newer, and with libdirs, the help patches  
should be found when using namespace prefixes.  They are in all the  
tests I've done.

As for loading by default, I personally think no libraries should be  
loaded by default.  We just need to figure out a transition plan.

.hc



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