uploaded first pkg: pd-motex

[Felipe Sateler]

On 16/08/10 14:24, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 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"
>>
> 
> 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.

I think I understand now, and I agree with Hans. That documentation
should go upstream, not in a debian readme.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler