Steffen wrote: > On 22/03/2007, at 23.41, Roman Haefeli wrote: > >> When opening patches by sending messages to pd, the path is >> relative to >> pd's startup-location. when loading other files (text-, audio-, >> data-files etc) the path is set relative to the location of the patch. >> since the patch doesn't know, where pd was started, you actually >> cannot >> use relative pathes when opening patches by messages without: > > Maybe [declare] can help you? (Pd >= 0.40)
(Maybe) relatedly: How would I open a file relative to a patch in an external instantiated within that patch? canvas_open() seems to be exactly what I want, but how to get the containing canvas of my object? Hoping there is a solution, Claude -- http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list PD-dev@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev