[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Patches-1962700 ] two embedded prefs for Mac: default and override all

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Patches item #1962700, was opened at 2008-05-12 16:18
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Category: puredata
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Assigned to: Miller Puckette (millerpuckette)
Summary: two embedded prefs for Mac: default and override all

Initial Comment:
This patch creates two different kinds of embedded org.puredata.pd.plist prefs files on Mac OS X.  The first is the default settings that come with Pd-extended.app, the second is a prefs file that overrides all others, so that people can make their own custom apps based on the Pd.app, and be sure that the user's prefs aren't going to override things.

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>Comment By: Miller Puckette (millerpuckette)
Date: 2010-07-28 17:38

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I think we should fix the preferences system so that pd extended doesn't
rely on any preferences at all -- anything short of that will make for
maintenance headaches later on.

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave)
Date: 2008-05-13 10:06

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That could work.  I don't think this will cover every possibility.  I
think a more straightforward approach would be to handle very special
hardware setups in the patch rather than the preferences.  I think the
preferences should be general things, since you can't really query or test
for failures with the preferences system.

For the built-in audio, it almost always just works, so specific
configuration isn't needed. 

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmlnig (zmoelnig)
Date: 2008-05-13 00:37

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hmm, but how should the author of a custom app know about the
hardware-settings of the end-user?
wouldn't it be better to split the configuration files into
machine-dependencies (soundcard,...) and user-dependencies (libs,...) which
could then be overridden seperately?

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