Common folder for externals, abstractions on USB stick

Is it possible to have a separate, common folder to store PD externals and abstractions on the USB stick? If not, would it be possible to implement this somehow?

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Sure, this is possible. You can use the [declare] object to add folders to Pd’s search path. So in your patch it looks like this:

[declare -path ../../MyAbstractions]

This would tell Pd to look in the folder MyAbstractions for externals and abstractions. In this case MyAbstractions is on the USB drive next to the Patches folder.

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Thank you so much! I am improving my Pure Data skills as I develop patches for my Organelle, which I am going to use in a performance for the first time tomorrow (July 23)!

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