[PD] [file]: paths not relative to patch
Christof Ressi
info at christofressi.com
Sat Jan 8 12:42:22 CET 2022
> I, personally, find the documentation of [file] quite good.
Yes, but it doesn't mention at all that relative paths are resolved to
the current working directory (or any other way the OS prefers). This is
goes against an established pattern and would be surprising to most
users (although it's not wrong).
I think file-help.pd should mention prominently that relative file paths
are generally *not* resolved to the canvas environment and you have to
use either [file which] or [dir( -> [pd control]. Hopefully, the latter
can soon be replaced by something like [file resolve]:
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/issues/1539
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