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

[Marco Donnarumma]

Ok, I see...
Yes, I'll try and tell him.

thanks,
M


On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> .hc
>
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
>
> I imagine this is a wanted behaviour, but would like to confirm.
>
> 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.
>
> 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...
>
> Will, what do you think?
>
> 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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