[PD] Best practices for [declare]

[Peter P.]

* Philip Stone via Pd-list <pd-list at lists.iem.at> [2021-02-25 00:31]:
> peterparker at fastmail.com<mailto:peterparker at fastmail.com> writes:
> 
> >Don't know if
> >https://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files
> >is up to date and of help for you, but you might wanna check it and get
> >back with more specific questions and possibly a new email subject.
> 
> >> I have to say that I have gotten kind of lost in the discussions about loading and declaring external libraries. I would like >>to embrace the current best practices, but don?t have a solid overview of the whole. Would anybody be willing to write >>up a summary?
> 
> (Hope this is a better subject line).
> 
> That very page has an expired link to a Google drive tutorial which sounds like just the thing I was talking about, so I’d say that it’s not up to date. I’d love to see best practices for [declare] blended into it. The helpfile for [declare] is good, but how’s a newbie even supposed to know to use the [declare] object in the first place? I’m just asking for an overview, is all.
I find declare's help patch well written, but of course it does not cover
everything, what is it you are looking for Phil?