Some objects not working

Reply to Some objects not working on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:47:45 GMT

raynovich — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:47:45 GMT

Hello all,
So, I had to get that new computer. Now I am transferring all my files and somethings are not working on the new computer. They might be in the zexy external.

Here are some that are not working:

s2l . . . what I want to do is count how many characters are in a symbol (word). So each character should be separated. It does not seem to be working any longer.

minmax
date
time

Any ideas? I would be very grateful.

Reply to Some objects not working on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:56:34 GMT

raynovich — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:56:34 GMT

OK, I seemed to get it working by declaring the libraries used and not relying on the Preferences. Is that common? Am I doing something wrong?

Reply to Some objects not working on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:39:14 GMT

raynovich — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:39:14 GMT

So, an update. I tried to delete zexy library and then re-upload it, but that does not seem to work.

Reply to Some objects not working on Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:19:57 GMT

whale-av — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:19:57 GMT

@raynovich You are not doing anything wrong.
Some external libraries are individual binaries for each external, so putting the path in preferences allows Pd to find them by name as they are created in the patch.

But zexy and some others are a single binary containing all the externals. Only the help files are separate and can be found by name.
That means that the whole library needs to be loaded into memory as Pd starts..... and that is what happens using the -lib flag at startup.
The library can be loaded instead just for your patch using [declare].
That means that all the externals are available for Pd in exactly the same manner as all standard objects are available because those are part of the Pd binary itself.
David.

Reply to Some objects not working on Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:55:41 GMT

raynovich — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:55:41 GMT

Thank you. I am grateful for your prompt responses.

So, I had a problem a few years back that you or someone else resolved. I am not sure why it has crept back in.

gain~ from the else library needs to be saved everytime I close the program. There was something I needed to do so that did not happen. I am sorry I forgot.

Also, oddly, most of my patches are taking a LONG TIME to close when I close the main window. I am not sure what happened. To give some background, my last computer is a 2018 mac and the patches close at reasonably quickly, now it seems like there is almost a freezing. I am now on a 2025 mac.

iemguts cannot seem to load. I believe I added the library. But when I reopen pd, the Pd window states: can't load library.