[PD] Running GEM on OS X - newbie

[cgc at humboldtblvd.com]

here are some alternate instructions and versions of Gem.

http://taproot.dyndns.org/~cgc/downloads/index.html

cgc

Quoting Paul Schrank <scharke at pgeek.com>:

> Thank you for the responses to "Is Pure Data right for my project". 
> I've decided to pursue Pure Data further, but clearly I need a little 
> help getting started:
> 
> - I cannot seem to start GEM from Pure Data on Mac OS X. I found these
> 
> instructions.
> -----
> To use GEM type something like: /usr/local/bin/pd -lib 
> /Users/zmoelnig/pd/Gem
> 
> (where /usr/local/bin/pd is the path to the pd directory and  
> /Users/zmoelnig/pd is the path where the Gem.pd_darwin resides).  Check
> 
> out the README for Pd to see examples of the -lib flag. If you just try
> 
> to "run" GEM, you will get an error! Notice that last word is a capital
> 
> Gem. If you get a "can't find gem_setup" error, then that is the 
> problem. Look in the GEM FAQ
> for trouble shooting suggestions.
> 
> If you don't see startup messages from GEM, then something went wrong.
> Also, you might need to add pd/bin to your PATH environment variable.
> -----
> So in terminal I open "New Command" then type "/usr/local/bin/pd -lib 
> /Library/Pd/Externals/Gem" which is modified to reflect the file paths
> 
> on my computer, but it launches a second instance of Pure Data and not
> 
> GEM.
> 
> - Secondly, is there a way to see all the available objects in Mac os
> x?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --------------------------
> Paul Schrank
> http://www.pgeek.com
> http://www.psproductions.net
> 
> 
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