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

[Adam Lindsay]

Actually, the old one already did. This one supports the -helppath in
addition.
Enjoy,
adam


patrick pagano said this at Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:39:33 -0500:

>dear adam
>is this the build you mentioned that supports the .pdrc??
>
>cheers~
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>Pat
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>Adam Lindsay wrote:
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>>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
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>>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.
>>
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