[PD] Re: Gaining access to /usr/local/lib/pd/extra in the Finder?

[guenter geiger]

Hi,

A Mac user suggested that it would be more "mac like" to put the whole
Pd distribution into one single Application directory instead of
using the unix file system standard.

I think technically it is feasable, what do you think about producing
the Mac packages that way ?

Guenter


On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

>
> Let's keep this on the list, it could be helpful to others.
>
> On Wednesday, Apr 7, 2004, at 19:39 America/New_York, chun lee wrote:
>
> > Hi there:
> >
> > Thanks for your reply:)
> >
> >> What happened to #2? ;)  Anyway, this depends on where and how you
> >> installed Pd.  If you used the installer, then the externals are
> >> installed into /usr/local/lib/pd/extra.
> >
> > Ya, #2 was deleted cause it sounded a bit silly..... Anyway, I figured
> > out
> > the externals are all at '/usr/local/lib/pd/extra' but the folder is
> > hidden
> > in the Finder. Is there a way that I can gain access to these folders
> > via
> > the Finder? Or could I use the Terminal to copy the /extra folder to
> > somewhere that I have access to and then change the file path in Pd? I
> > will
> > give it a try...
>
>
> There are two ways that I know to open hidden folders with the GUI.
> First in the Open panel, you can just type it and hit enter.  Or from
> the Terminal.app, you can do:  "open /usr/local/lib/pd/extra"
>
>
> .hc
>
>
> >
> >> pdb is a great resource, but unfortunately, since it has to be
> >> manually
> >> updated, it doesn't get updated much.  So it shouldn't be taken as
> >> definitive.  The easiest way to find out what objects are installed on
> >> your computer is to look in the above mentioned externals directory.
> >>
> >> .hc
> >
> > Ok, now I know.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > CHUN
> >
>
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