[PD] .pdrc on OS X

[Adam Lindsay]

Alex from Idoia said this at Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:11:08 +0000:

>Well, that certainly works for me because I installed the Adam' s 
>package.
>Adam: the way your package installs pd is to create its main directory 
>under /usr/local/pd.

Yes, it's my personal preference. I recognise that others might not
prefer this place, but my reasoning is that:
1) the /usr tree is pretty much reserved for apple-installed binaries.
2) the "complex linux-y" /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib tree scatters
the pd-relevant files in too many places
3) /usr/local/pd keeps everything in one place, so if something goes
wrong, you can trash the directory and start again.

>I have read many reference to pd under the path /usr/bin and even some 
>reference to /usr/lib
>Initially where is  PD to be installed ?

Wherever you can get it to run from. :)
But if you plan on continuing to use my installer, it's best left where
it is. (But if you know what you're doing, put it wherever you like!)
Other MacOSX utilities in the future may rely on it being there...

Cheers,
adam


>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:21  pm, Miller Puckette wrote:
>
>> The .pdrc feature is linux only...  Actually, I hope someday to make a
>> much better design someday and haven't been maintaining the .pdrc 
>> stuff for
>> that reason (except to fix bugs.)
>>
>> cheers
>> Miller
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:07:07AM +0000, Alex from Idoia wrote:
>>>
>>> the .pdrc file must be in your home directory or ~/ try to do that in
>>> your terminal window:
>>> ls -a
>>> that gives you the list of files and directories (even the invisible
>>> ones= starting with a point)
>>> and if there is not any you can create it using
>>> pico
>>> (superuser privileges may be needed to create file starting with a
>>> point.)
>>> Hope that helps. I did that few weeks ago and it is very useful.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 05:05  pm, <ppagano at bellsouth.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hey yall
>>>>
>>>> i cannot seem to get pd to see my .pdrc on OSX
>>>>
>>>> does it work for osX
>>>>
>>>> anyone?
>>>>
>>>> bueller....
>>>>
>>>>
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