ericsinger

1) Is there a way to get the name of a patch from within the patch? A 'path' message into [[thispatcher]] gives the path to the patch, but not the name of the patch itself.

2) For objects which write files based on a fully specified path (for example, 'write ' into [[pattrstorage]]), is there a way to specify the directory in which the patch resides? I know I can build this up from the path returned above, but I'm hoping for something akin to ~ (which specifies the user directory). For example ?/myfile, where ? is a specifier meaning the path in which the containing patch resides.

querying-patch-name-path-specifier-to-current-folder

In JavaScript the property 'this.patcher.filepath' contains the filename including the full path, and 'this.patcher.name' contains just the filename.

Here a patch with js code I found in the forum

function name ()
{
outlet (0,this.patcher.name);
}


querying patch name + path specifier to current folder