First off, I wasn't sure how to even phrase this in Processing-lingo, let alone search for it.  Or know if this is the correct forum for it (hope so).  So I apologize if this has been addressed (and I'm guessing it has), feel free to point me to that thread...

I'm pretty familiar with Python and MEL, and enjoy Processing a lot in my 'after hours development'.  One thing that I feel is limiting me is the ability to author any kind of larger set of data that I can reuse in other sketches.

Sketches in processing seem pretty inclusive:  About all they *seem* (to my knowledge) to be able to import is other libraries.  I'd like to be able to author 'helper sketches', and "import" their functions and classes into my other sketches... thus building a 'depot' (for lack of a better word) of reusable code.  Copying and pasting code from sketch to sketch I find really tedious.

Is this doable?  It seems that authoring an actual 'library' for processing needs to be authored outside of Processing itself, and presumably in Java (for which I have no knowledge other than Processing itself).

Thanks

AH, I see that, thanks! (never really paid attention to it before).  
But its still making a copy of the depot code and inserting that copy in the sketch, which is specifically what I'm trying to avoid (the duplication of code).  What happens when your depot code is updated...?  Now you have to go back and re-add them every time to each sketch that points to them?  Ugh...

Any other ideas?  Appreciate it.

(BTW, love your book!)

That looks to be exactly what I'm after.  Yes, if there is any way to promote this concept as a future improvement, I'd sign on the dotted line right away!

thanks