On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 16:08 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > > On 2010-12-14 15:31, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> I believe the objection you mention is that Pd-extended automatically > >> creates ~/pd-externals. ~/pd-externals is the standard user-install > >> path for Pd-vanilla and Pd-extended. > >> > I would second the suggestion someone made of a .pd-extended (with dot) > folder in the user's home as that seems quite standard for many linux > apps... Of course I'm not sure how much this would break existing > libraries which rely on the pd-extended folder.
That's a common suggestion. Frank made a good case for it not to be a . file, you can see the threads at the bottom here: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files .hc > > Lorenzo. > > since i think that lorenzo relates to me raising the issues, i can > > confirm that i am indeed concerned with pd-extended automatically > > creating the ~/pd-externals folder. > > > > i don't mind so much if the ~/pd-externals folder is searched > > automatically, but why would anybody want to have an empty folder in > > their home-directory. > > > >> No sudo or root access needed. > > people who are able to copy a file from ~/Downloads/superduper into > > ~/pd-externals can probably be expected to be able to create a > > ~/pd-externals directory. > > for externals that come with an installation routine (for users who are > > not willing to copy files around manually), this can create the > > directory as well. > > > > ghmsdft > > IOhannes > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
