[PD] soundhack

[Scott R. Looney]

huh? i'm just using gmail same as i always have. i realize i steered Billy
the wrong way on his installation situation but i always reply to all in my
emails to the list and i don't format my type beyond what gmail does by
default.

scott

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Max <abonnements at revolwear.com> wrote:

> scott, you may want to read the netiquette
> http://puredata.info/community/lists/Netiquette/ sections “Reply-To” and
> “HTML vs plain-text”
>
> Am 10.10.2012 um 04:26 schrieb Billy King <billyking856 at yahoo.ca>:
>
> > Great! Thanks Scott
> > One other question. I recall there is a way to add a path from inside a
> patch (instead of having to open the path-dialog).
> > Do you know how?
>
> [declare -path path/to/library]
> this only takes effect when opening the patch. This method has several
> advantages over the path preference of the application. For instance that
> you can redistribute a patch with a folder where the abstractions are in
> and you can declare that relative path in your patch.
>
>
> > From: Scott R. Looney <scottrlooney at gmail.com>
> > To: Billy King <billyking856 at yahoo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 10:11:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PD] soundhack
> >
> > it can be done by adding a path if needed to PD.
> >
> > #1: the more common way to install them is to take the folder with all
> the files and drop it in a specific path within the PD application.
> >
> > on a Mac the '.app' application files are actually bundles and can be
> opened. so find the PD-extended app, right click on it (or Ctrl click if
> you have no right mouse button option) and from the popup menu select 'Show
> Package Contents'.
> >
> > open the Contents folder and double click the 'Plugins' alias. this
> opens the 'extra' folder where most if not all of the externals are stored.
> copy or drop the soundhack folder with help files and 'pd_darwin' files in
> it and restart PD. the soundhack folder should be visible in the Help
> browser.
>
> this is NOT the preferred way to install libraries. If you do it like this
> you will loose the library when you update the application. Refer to
> http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files
> on how to install externals and help files. as HCS has already mentioned.
>
> > #2. a pd_darwin file is a binary executable file created in C that runs
> in PD, that is ported to Darwin. Darwin is the BSD Unix subsystem of every
> Mac OS X system. PD refers to these types of files as 'externals'. these
> are not editable in PD, but they will execute in PD.
>
> m.
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