[PD-announce] Pd-Enhanced Installers for MacOSX, build 2

Adam Lindsay atl at comp.lancs.ac.uk
Fri Mar 7 23:05:18 CET 2003


Hi all...

Announcing a new release of the Pd (enhanced) for MacOSX. (0.36-0 build 2)

  http://homepage.mac.com/atl/pd/installers.html

It includes everything needed to get started (including Tcl/Tk, Pd, pddp,
and configuration niceties) in a 3.6 MB download.

The new features in this release include:
- Improved performance (avoiding drop-outs and clicks) using a
modification by Klaus Lebkuecher, communicated to the pd-list by V93r. 
- a new -helppath command-line option 
- Enabled use of a ~/.pdrc configuration file (include hyphenated
options, one per line) 
- Creates a starter ~/.pdrc configuration file as an example and for
enhanced out-of-the-box use. 
- Creates and uses directories in /Library/Pd for simpler installation of
Externals and their corresponding Help patches:

If you want to install externals, libraries, or abstractions with this
installation, you can place the files ending in .pd_darwin (and the
abstractions that end in .pd) into the directory:
  /Library/Pd/Externals
Install their corresponding help patches (ending in .pd) in the directory:
  /Library/Pd/Help
If there are other files that go with these externals (such as source
files, READMEs, and sample media), a convenient place for these files is:
  /Library/Pd/AdditionalDocumentation
Pd internals are reachable from the finder at:
  /Library/Pd/Internals

Similar directories are also created in the Home directory (i.e. ~/
Library/Pd) of the user installing Pd. The .pdrc file that is
automatically generated tells Pd to look at these directories.

More details at the above URL.
Complaints and comments welcome. I haven't had a chance to test the
installer as much as I'd like.

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