diff --git a/pd/doc/5.reference/pdinfo-help.pd b/pd/doc/5.reference/pdinfo-help.pd
index dcb3cc7de08135e77c2b0d9bdb8d6628e9f3eaa7..3cc5c2d3f79cf7146b5d93747fca7dc4126a74bb 100644
--- a/pd/doc/5.reference/pdinfo-help.pd
+++ b/pd/doc/5.reference/pdinfo-help.pd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#N canvas 0 19 555 619 10;
+#N canvas 248 25 555 619 10;
#X obj 0 595 cnv 15 552 21 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.footer empty 20 12 0
14 -228856 -66577 0;
#X obj 0 0 cnv 15 552 40 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.header pdinfo 3 12 0 18
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ version;
#X obj 4 597 pddp/pddplink all_about_help_patches.pd -text Usage Guide
;
#X obj 503 7 pdinfo;
-#X obj 39 284 pdinfo;
+#X obj 39 299 pdinfo;
#X msg 39 60 print;
-#X msg 89 201 version;
-#X obj 39 315 print pd-version;
-#X text 143 200 version of Pd that's running (MAJOR MINOR TEST);
-#X msg 83 178 samplerate;
-#X text 157 177 global samplerate;
+#X msg 89 216 version;
+#X obj 39 330 print pd-version;
+#X text 143 215 version of Pd that's running (MAJOR MINOR TEST);
+#X msg 83 193 samplerate;
+#X text 157 192 global samplerate;
#X msg 70 116 dir;
#X text 99 115 directory of the Pd executable;
#X msg 64 86 blocksize;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ version;
#X connect 23 0 21 0;
#X connect 24 0 2 0;
#X connect 28 0 2 0;
-#X restore 156 340 pd audio-attributes;
+#X restore 156 341 pd audio-attributes;
#N canvas 125 83 428 395 midi-attributes 0;
#X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0
14 -204280 -1 0;
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ version;
#X connect 15 0 2 0;
#X connect 16 0 2 0;
#X connect 17 0 2 0;
-#X restore 296 340 pd midi-attributes;
+#X restore 296 341 pd midi-attributes;
#X text 98 370 print;
#X text 168 370 - print out each available message (other than "print")
followed by a semicolon and the output for that method.;
@@ -145,21 +145,22 @@ followed by a semicolon and the output for that method.;
audio-device and midi-device message in subpatches.;
#X text 169 459 - output varies depending on the message sent to [pdinfo]
;
-#X msg 101 253 classlist;
-#X text 155 305 Audio and MIDI specific messages are in the subpatches
-below:;
+#X msg 101 268 classlist;
#X text 81 547 When using the "classlist" message \, note that some
external Pd classes don't have a name. These are currently listed simply
as "anonymous-class" in the output.;
-#X text 175 252 (long) list of all class names that have been loaded
+#X text 175 267 (long) list of all class names that have been loaded
in the running instance of Pd. (Note: not all classes can be created
in an object box.);
-#X msg 92 227 canvaslist;
-#X text 166 226 list of pointers to toplevel canvases in running Pd
+#X msg 92 242 canvaslist;
+#X text 166 241 list of pointers to toplevel canvases in running Pd
instance;
#X text 80 59 print all attributes directly to the console;
#X text 11 20 get info from the Pd instance that is running your patch
;
+#X text 155 320 Audio and MIDI specific messages:;
+#X msg 83 169 libdir;
+#X text 132 168 directory where extra/ and doc/ are found;
#X connect 12 0 15 0;
#X connect 13 0 12 0;
#X connect 14 0 12 0;
@@ -168,4 +169,5 @@ instance;
#X connect 21 0 12 0;
#X connect 23 0 12 0;
#X connect 33 0 12 0;
-#X connect 37 0 12 0;
+#X connect 36 0 12 0;
+#X connect 41 0 12 0;
diff --git a/pd/src/x_interface.c b/pd/src/x_interface.c
index 10d414dbb0269f3067dad4693d8e873ca85e8f31..d3ba2a6df23f208934bd3fcbfc312bc8ce2b84e6 100644
--- a/pd/src/x_interface.c
+++ b/pd/src/x_interface.c
@@ -833,18 +833,13 @@ void pdinfo_gui(t_pdinfo *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
info_out((t_text *)x, s, 1, at);
}
-/* note: this might be wrong. Not sure whether "libdir" means
- something like /usr/lib/pd or the path where all the libdir externals
- live-- i.e., /usr/lib/pd/extra */
+/* directory where extra and doc are found. Might also want to add
+ another method to return a list of all paths searched for libs-- i.e.,
+ "extrapath". */
void pdinfo_libdir(t_pdinfo *x, t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
{
t_atom at[1];
- t_symbol *nsym;
- t_namelist *nl = pd_extrapath;
- while (nl->nl_next)
- nl = nl->nl_next;
- nsym = gensym(nl->nl_string);
- SETSYMBOL(at, nsym);
+ SETSYMBOL(at, sys_libdir);
info_out((t_text *)x, s, 1, at);
}