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

[Michael McGonagle]

Hi Adam,

I just wanted to give you an acknowledgement for your new release. I 
don't know if you actually did anything, but MIDI now is working on all 
input and output ports. I have not done any extensive testing yet, but I 
am happy to numbers getting into PD.

Thanks,

Mike


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.
>