When you use the "Apply Pattern" action against an application definition file (.appdef), the pattern toolkit will search for patterns that can be applied. One of the places searched is a directory on disk that can contain exported patterns (see Exporting Patterns). You can designate which directory is to be searched for patterns by using Window -> Preferences -> Patterns.
Once the external pattern directory is specified, you can place exported patterns (in .patzip files) in that directory or any of its subdirectories. When you apply a pattern to an application definition in that workspace, the patterns in that directory tree will be found and presented in a selection. Note that if only one pattern is found, there will be no selection list, that one pattern will be selected automatically.
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