[PD] [import] behaviour when library-meta.pd is missing

Jonathan Wilkes jancsika at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 15 22:49:27 CET 2011


Hi Hans,
     Are there non-libdir libraries that do have *-meta.pd?

-Jonathan




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>From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>To: Marco Donnarumma <devel at thesaddj.com>
>Cc: pd-list at iem.at
>Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:35 PM
>Subject: Re: [PD] [import] behaviour when library-meta.pd is missing
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>The meta file is required for a 'libdir' library. Other custom formats like Gem's or gridflow's perhaps don't require it.  I say lobby Tom Erbe to include the meta file, and structure soundhack like a libdir.  I'll happy answer any questions along those lines.
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>On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
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>I imagine this is a wanted behaviour, but would like to confirm.
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>>when using [import] to load a library which does not include the *-meta.pd file, such lib fails to be loaded.
>>Ubuntu Lucid, Ubuntu Studio and Mac OSX 10.6, 10.7, with Pd-ext 0.42.5.
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>>This happens for instance with Soundhack for Pure Data.
>>If this is wanted, perhaps it could be handy and easy to include the *-meta.pd...  
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>>Will, what do you think?
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>>I'm [import]ing a couple of those externals within the Xth Sense framework, but when students download the Soudhack externals, they have to manually add the meta file.
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