On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 09:38 +0200, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > On 2010-08-16 03:31, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> > >> I'm not a pd expert, but if I install some extensions, I expect to be > >> able to use them right away, without having to invoke pd with special > >> args. I'm getting the impression that we are not living up to that > >> expectation. > > > > You can use them right away the way they are being installed right now. > > Just like in python when you install a library, you still need to tell > > it to "import" it before using it. In Pd its similar, but messier. > > There is the [import] and [declare] objects for doing this in the Pd > > patches themselves, and there is the -lib command line option. > > and of course you can tell the interpreter to load certain libraries on > startup by the means of a preference system (this is most likely the > most commonly used case). > > but it seems like the README.Debian is indeed a bit confusing; maybe > someone with better control of the english language could rephrase it > (ideally somebody with good Pd-knowledge like hans). > > the reason why this info is in README.Debian and not in (e.g.) README > is, that upstream's README does not include this information (mea culpa). > > the reason why it ought to be mentioned somewhere, is that (upstream) > zexy is "special" in the way, that is a library consisting of both > binary and interpreter files, and Pd handles these 2 kinds differently. > that's why i make all the fuzz about "-path" and "-lib" > > mfgasdr > IOhannes
I don't see why this is Debian-specific though. It really is an upstream issue, this should be documented as part of zexy, not Debian. .hc _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
