On May 18, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote: > On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 05:40 -0400, Enrique Erne wrote: >> Roman Haefeli wrote: >>> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 19:50 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: >>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>>>>> i'm not a developer but i would vote for declare >>>>>> i.e. [declare -stdlib mrpeach] to packOSC-help.pd >>>>>> then it would work with pd vanilla too. >>>>> The declare/namespace/import stuff is still very undefined, so I >>>>> think some experiementation would be good. I think you should go >>>>> ahead and try it using what you propose. That will be a good test >>>>> case. Then we'll figure out what works best. >>>> putting the helppatches besides the objects should fix most of the >>>> problems, no? >>>> no need for [declare] orgies and such >>> yo.. it would seem strange having to put [declare]s into help- >>> patches in >>> order to load the the objects, that they are explaining, IMO. >> >> maybe i miss something: >> >> to it seems _not_ strange to have a working help patch. the >> declare is >> documenting how one can use the object-class of the external (one >> of the >> 4, 5... 6 ways). > > there are only so many in pd-extended, there aren't that many in > pd-vanilla ( i can think of [declare] and pd-settings file only). > >> or do you think a user should configure the plist/pdrc/registry first >> and restart Pd before he can use the documentation/helpfile? > > i think, as IOhannes said, that it would make sense to put classes > (libraries, abstractions, single-object files) and their help-files at > the same place. i don't see a benefit in having to tell a help-file > where to find the class.
Yeah, that's the idea of libdirs. It just needs to be implemented fully. It's pretty close. .hc > > roman > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http:// > messenger.yahoo.de > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Terrorism is not an enemy. It cannot be defeated. It's a tactic. It's about as sensible to say we declare war on night attacks and expect we're going to win that war. We're not going to win the war on terrorism. - retired U.S. Army general, William Odom _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list