[PD-dev] locking vanilla save states on OS X

[Dan Wilcox]

Sweet. All done.

The user default option is tested and working. It basically just tells OS X to not save the window state by default when closing Pd. It will also wipe any existing states when closing normally. Furthermore, state saving can still be asked for *explicitly* by holding the Option/Alt button when quitting via the File menu & Cmd+Q.

It’s basically just 1 line added to the pd_guiprefs.tcl. Here’s a patch: 


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Dan Wilcox
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> On Mar 15, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hah, I think I just found a better way to do this via the app’s User Defaults: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/ <http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/>
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> Dan Wilcox
> @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
>> On Mar 15, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com <mailto:danomatika at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Howdy all,
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>> I’d like to add my mechanism for locking the save state folder created by OSX 10.7+ as outlined in http://puredata.info/docs/faq/help-pd-crashes-on-startup-on-mac-osx-10-7 <http://puredata.info/docs/faq/help-pd-crashes-on-startup-on-mac-osx-10-7>
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>> Where would be the best place to add it to the tcl? A function in the apple_events.tcl called by pd-gui.tcl after startup?
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>> Dan Wilcox
>> @danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
>> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
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