[PD] detect dependencies from patch

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

On 2/22/21 10:06 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Is it possible to detect dependencies from within a patch?
> 
> Often people report problems without mentioning '... couldn't create'
> errors. Also, people not so familiar with Pd don't know what library a
> certain objects belongs to and maybe also don't know how to search for
> it in "Find externals".
> 
> I think the ability to give proper feedback at patch loading time would
> help to address this issue.


while not giving "proper feedback", there has been a feature request in 
deken to support something like this for ages.

i've implemented a little prototype of how it could look like:
<https://github.com/pure-data/deken/issues/84#issuecomment-786533931>

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