I think what it boils down to is that the paths in st_staticpath (Pd) are used recursively and the paths in sys_searchpath (user) are not. This means if we have an deken externals download dir, we still have to add *each* external's subdirectories to sys_searchpath since it's not recursive, whereas throwing stuff in ../extra "just works". This would be why adding something like ~/Documents/Pd to st_staticpath is so attractive because it negates needing to add each lib to the user search paths.
Maybe we need an option to add recursive search paths? > On Jul 30, 2017, at 10:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Miller Puckette <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [PD] New users and external path struggles > Date: July 30, 2017 at 8:56:30 PM GMT+2 > To: Alexandre Torres Porres <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: pd-list <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Except perhaps in this thread I can try to explain... I always meant > "standard path" to refer to "stuff distributed with Pd", and "Path" to > be adjustible to point to libraries that are not part of the Pd distribution. > I think part of the confusion comes from different possible interpretations > of "standard path" (which, as I now realize, is badly named). But I think > the way forward is to somehow get the "path" mechanism to do what people are > asking for. > > cheers > Miller -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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