Re: [Pd] Loading externals in Linux

2006-11-06 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
Stephen Sinclair wrote: Come to think of it, wouldn't it be useful if Pd just *always* checked for extensions in the user's home folder? ~/.pd-extra, for instance. i don't know the benefits of such additional auto-searched folder. i am working with different pd-versions on different platforms

Re: [Pd] Loading externals in Linux

2006-11-05 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
BTW, I also tried [declare] with an absolute path, naming -lib comport specifically, and it wouldn't load. On 11/5/06, Chuckk Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I'm once again trying to control my school's Moog with Pd, this time going with the serial port on my new laptop. I downloaded

Re: [Pd] Loading externals in Linux

2006-11-05 Thread mik
hi i think it depends on where pd itself is: if it's in /usr/local/bin it will check /usr/local/lib/pd/extra, but if it's in /usr/bin it will look in /usr/lib/pd/extra. just add /usr/local/lib/pd/extra to your path and it will always be checked. m Chuckk Hubbard schreef: BTW, I also

Re: [Pd] Loading externals in Linux

2006-11-05 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
Ah, I found it. For some reason I have pd-0.40-2 in both /usr/local and in my home folder. I copied the comport files to my home folder's extra folder, and it works. Now to decide which Pd to keep... On 11/5/06, mik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i think it depends on where pd itself is: if

Re: [Pd] Loading externals in Linux

2006-11-05 Thread Stephen Sinclair
Come to think of it, wouldn't it be useful if Pd just *always* checked for extensions in the user's home folder? ~/.pd-extra, for instance. (Whether it should be first or last on the search path, I'm not sure.) Steve On 11/5/06, Chuckk Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, I found it. For