Yes - Pd looks in the directory of the patch whether or not '.' is specified. Adding '.' makes Pd look in the current directory of teh Pd process. I believe this only makes sense if Pd is launched from the command line or a shell script or a Windows "shortcut".
Using "." in this way is almost always confising - perhaps the best thing to say about it is that it's useful for back compatibilty only. means cheers Miller On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:44:50PM -0300, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: > 2017-08-10 21:18 GMT-03:00 Miller Puckette <m...@ucsd.edu>: > > > unless someone else can figure this out I'll just release it in its > > current almost-working state. > > > > Seems Dan was on it, huh? > > Anyway, I'm also proposing some changes to the manual. > > It was originally saying Pd does not use the "Path" mechanism to search for > files and externals when you use a slash declaration: "/" - such as > "../sounds/sample1.wav" or "../cyclone/cycle~" > But it actually does use the Path, so I changed it. > > I'm also not sure about this bit: > > *Pd does not automatically look in the current directory however; to enable > that, include "."* > > This seems to be wrong, as Pd will automatically look in the current > directory regardless if you are including "." or not > > > right? > > > cheers _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list