[PD] OSX and Tk...

Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 bbogart at acs.ryerson.ca
Fri May 3 15:45:21 CEST 2002


Same goes for mine...


On Fri, 3 May 2002, Nick Fells wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> Thanks, yep i got your earlier mail about this - indeed it does say
> 
> set pd_nt 2
> 
> But I didn't have to change anything (that's what it says in the current
> 'OSX test' tarball version...)
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> "Michael A. Thompson" wrote:
> > 
> > what does the first line of your "path_to_pd/bin/pd.tk" file say? its
> > just a plain text file...
> > 
> > m
> > 
> > On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 08:58  AM, Nick Fells wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Hmm - that foxes me a bit. Try putting 'Wish Shell' in the pd/bin
> > > directory??
> > >
> > > I'll try a rebuild of pd when I get a chance, see what happens then.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hello Nick, List
> > >>
> > >> I tried downloading and installing tk for OSX again and I'm still
> > >> having
> > >> no luck. I have "Wish Shell" in applications. I have tcl.framework and
> > >> tk.framework both in /library/frameworks. The wish shell works fine, I
> > >> have PD in my home directory.
> > >>
> > >> When I run ./pd -nosound in the terminal I get a bunch of output stuff,
> > >> buffers, channels etc. but no GUI.
> > >>
> > >> I did notice something different this time, when I run pd I get a
> > >> bouncing unkown application icon on the console. then the bouncing
> > >> stops
> > >> (I assume once PD has been loaded) I can click on the unkown icon in
> > >> the
> > >> console, in thoery to focus the GUI, but all it does is unfocus all
> > >> windows and give me a spinning busy pointer...
> > >>
> > >> I looked in the system.log and nothing of interest... could pd be
> > >> causing
> > >> errors in other logs?
> > >>
> > >> I'm using MacOS 10.1.3
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Ben
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Nick Fells wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi Ben, just a last ditch attempt at help - did you put the tk
> > >>> framework
> > >>> stuff into /Library?
> > >>>
> > >>> nck
> > >>>
> > >>> Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hello all,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I was having the same problem as Nick but running pd -nosound did not
> > >>>> solve the problem. I get:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> MIDI: not yet implimented
> > >>>> in 2 out 2 rate 44100
> > >>>> using default device number -1
> > >>>> nchan 2, flags 3, bufs 8, framesperbuf 256
> > >>>>
> > >>>> and then nothing, no GUI. I tested wish by itself and it works fine.
> > >>>> (installed according to the install guide that tcl/tk for OSX came
> > >>>> with)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> running ./pd -nosound and ./pd both do the same thing. I suppose I
> > >>>> should
> > >>>> just try compiling?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks
> > >>>> Ben
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Nick Fells wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Yep, sure enough that works (but no sound, obviously...)... any
> > >>>>> fixes
> > >>>>> would be gladly welcomed!!.... (also obvious, I guess).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Another thing I noticed - in the menus under osx there's a 'tear
> > >>>>> off'
> > >>>>> option. If you happen to select it, all the menus appear to stop
> > >>>>> working...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> thanks,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Nick
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Miller Puckette wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I saw this behavior on a machine where Pd couldn't open audio --
> > >>>>>> it just
> > >>>>>> hangs.  I hope to fix this.  In the meantime, if you've got the
> > >>>>>> same
> > >>>>>> problem, just run "pd -nosound" and it should start up...
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> cheers
> > >>>>>> Miller
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 06:28:55PM +0100, Nick Fells wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Hi,
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I'm just trying to setup pd under osx. I've downloaded/unpacked
> > >>>>>>> Tk8.4
> > >>>>>>> from the sourcefourge site 'snapshot', put the Frameworks under
> > >>>>>>> /Library, and put the Wish Shell.app under /Applications. But I
> > >>>>>>> can't
> > >>>>>>> get Pd to start the gui - there's no error message, just nothing
> > >>>>>>> happens.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --
> > >>>>> Dr Nick Fells,
> > >>>>> Music Department,
> > >>>>> University of Glasgow,                Tel: +44 (0) 141-330 4096
> > >>>>> Glasgow G12 8QQ                       Fax: +44 (0) 141-330 3518
> > >>>>> UK.                           http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/~nick
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> B. Bogart
> > >>>> ---------
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Dr Nick Fells,
> > >>> Music Department,
> > >>> University of Glasgow,                Tel: +44 (0) 141-330 4096
> > >>> Glasgow G12 8QQ                       Fax: +44 (0) 141-330 3518
> > >>> UK.                           http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/~nick
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> B. Bogart
> > >> ---------
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr Nick Fells,
> > > Music Department,
> > > University of Glasgow,                Tel: +44 (0) 141-330 4096
> > > Glasgow G12 8QQ                       Fax: +44 (0) 141-330 3518
> > > UK.                           http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/~nick
> > >
> > >
> 
> -- 
> Dr Nick Fells,	
> Music Department,
> University of Glasgow,		Tel: +44 (0) 141-330 4096
> Glasgow G12 8QQ			Fax: +44 (0) 141-330 3518
> UK.				http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/~nick
> 
> 



B. Bogart
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