added comments, moved externals/build/doc/standardize-help.sh to here, convert-help-to-standard.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# this script renames help patches that don't follow the OBJECTNAME-help.pd
+# format that has become the standard.
+# 
+# for more info on the standard, check this thread:
+# http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2003-09/001519.html
+#
+# this script is a hack to take care of this until all of the files get
+# renamed by their respective maintainers.
+
+for helpfile in help-*.pd ; do
+   mv "$helpfile" "`echo $helpfile | sed 's/^help\-\(.*\)\.pd$/\1-help.pd/'`"
+#	echo "SWAP $helpfile `echo $helpfile | sed 's/^help\-\(.*\)\.pd$/\1-help.pd/'`"
+done
+
+# this isn't used yet
+#NON_STANDARD_HELP_FILES=`ls -1 *.pd | \
+#       grep -v '^.*-help.pd$' | \
+#       grep -v '^help-.*.pd$' | \
+#       grep -v '^externals.pd$' | \
+#       grep -v 'test' | \
+#       grep -v 'example' | \
+#       grep -v 'demo' | \
+#       grep -v 'x_all_guis' | \
+#       grep -v 'all_about_' | \
+#       grep -v 'pddp' | \
+#       grep -v 'readme' | \
+#       grep -v '^.*-list.pd$' | \
+#       grep -v '^.*-joystick.pd$'`
+
+#for helpfile in $NON_STANDARD_HELP_FILES ; do
+#	 echo NONE $helpfile
+#done
+