2018-06-13 20:18 GMT-03:00 Dan Wilcox <[email protected]>: > 2. IOhannes convinced me, over time, that the "stdpath" loading mechanism > used by the "extra" folder is problematic as it adds too many (sub) search > paths by default and it becomes harder to tell/control what's being loaded. >
hmm, I see... > The "better way" is for people to specify those externals paths directly, > either with the user search paths and/or declare. There is much less > ambiguity as to what's going on at the loss of "just put things in this > place" ease. > But now we have a folder like ~/Documents/Pd that Pd suggests you to use, and then it creates it for you, and also creates ~/Documents/Pd/externals, and Deken puts thins in there for you... So, where I'm getting at is that this new process provides exactly that "*just put things in this place*" kind of ease, and therefore *no* loss - plus, we also have less ambiguity and avoid a problematic Ioading mechanism. In short, looks like a "win-win" situation... cheers
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