[PD-dev] [comport] port numbers on Mac OS X

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I figured out a scheme to make [comport] port numbers (i.e. [comport  
1]) work on Mac OS X.  I want to run it by you to see if you think  
it'll work in [comport], and ask whether I should send you a patch or  
just commit it to CVS.

Mac OS X labels serial port devices like /dev/tty.*, for example:

/dev/tty.modem   (built-in modem on my laptop)
/dev/tty.serial  (serial port on an Xserve server)
/dev/tty.usbserial-191  (my USBserial adapter)

So basically, it could number these devices based on alphabetical  
order of the /dev/tty.* devices. Like this:

[comport 1] = /dev/tty.modem
[comport 2] = /dev/tty.serial
[comport 3] = /dev/tty.usbserial-191

Or on my laptop:

[comport 1] = /dev/tty.modem
[comport 2] = /dev/tty.usbserial-191

or on the XServe (with one built-in serial port):

[comport 1] = /dev/tty.serial

.hc

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