[PD] Pd documents path proposal

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

Cool, I still don't see the added folder in the help browser, but that's
because of another issue that's being solved in parallel, right?

2017-08-01 20:49 GMT-03:00 Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com>:

> A macOS test build with the docspath (Pd Documents directory) is
> available, look for Pd-0.48.0-test6-docspath.app.zip: http://docs.
> danomatika.com/pdbuilds/
>
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 1:20 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's the PR and relevant details: https://github.com/
> pure-data/pure-data/pull/152
>
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 2:32 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here is my *working* proposal for beginner-friendliness: the Pd Documents
> directory. Also includes deken-workingness.
>
> Thanks to Miller for the new "add-to-path" message.
>
> Video demo: https://youtu.be/YWMnynyIeoc
>
> The documents path is an optional beginner-friendly location for patches
> and externals and defaults to USERHOME/Documents/Pd. If the docs path is
> not set when Pd is started, the user is prompted about creating it and it
> can be changed or disabled in the Path preferences dialog. If the user hits
> Cancel, the docs path functionality is disabled. A subdirectory for
> externals is also created and is set as the deken install directory. Once
> set, the docs path becomes the preferred initial directory for file dialogs
> to help those new to filesystem hierarchy.
>
> Included in this work: deken can now optionally add external directories
> to the user search paths via a popup after download.
>
> *mic drop*
>
> sleep
>
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