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

[patrick pagano]

dear adam
is this the build you mentioned that supports the .pdrc??

cheers~

Pat



Adam Lindsay wrote:

>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.
>