Re: [Qtractor-devel] LV2 search path

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

On 01/30/2012 09:02 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 08:40 +0100, Albert Graef wrote:
>> I have trouble setting up the LV2 search path under Options / Plugins.
>> Specifically, I have a directory ~/Music/Qtractor/lv2 which contains a
>> single bundle faust.lv2 with all my Faust LV2 plugins. Those work fine
>> when I install them in the system directories which are on the default
>> path, or if I change LV2_PATH to point to /home/ag/Music/Qtractor/lv2.
>>
>> But for the life of me I can't figure out how to make Qtractor recognize
>> these plugins when I add the path /home/ag/Music/Qtractor/lv2 path under
>> Options / Plugins. I select the proper plugin type (LV2) in that dialog,
>> select the directory and push the Add button so that in the dialog all
>> looks fine, close the dialog and restart Qtractor. The directory is
>> still right there in the dialog, but it doesn't seem to be used by
>> Qtractor at all, as I see none of the plugins in that directory when I
>> try to add a plugin to a track. I tried with both Qtractor 0.4.8 and the
>> current svn revision. I also tried to enter the parent directory
>> /home/ag/Music/Qtractor and even the bundle directory itself, all to no
>> avail.
>>
>> Is that a bug or am I doing something wrong? Here's how the relevant
>> section from my Qtractor config file looks like:
>>

yes it's a bug and has been there for ages. plugin paths weren't that 
smart and specially the lv2 ones are suspiciously broken in regard to 
LV2_PATH environment variable settlement.

good news are that it has all been fixed now, i hope :)

svn trunk rev.2689 (aka. qtractor 0.5.3.18+)

cheers
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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