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

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hi


> The uPDated package does have a double-clickable .app package, but I 
> would not say that it conforms to the MacOS X way.  First off, when it 
> launches, there are two icons, one for the Platypus system that it 
> uses with a Pd icon, and one for the Wish Shell with the standard Wish 
> Shell icon.  This is actually more confusing than just having the Wish 
> Shell icon running because clicking on the Pd icon doesn't take you to 
> Pd, but just the launcher, which seems to do nothing once Wish Shell 
> is running.

I have this fixed now, I'll upload it soon, it's still hacky although, 
it is done by killing one of the processes in the script ;)


> Plus, Pd is still labeled "Wish" once its running.

and this is not fixed

>  It also suffers from MacOS X not wanting to show the /doc/ directory.
oop, this  should be fixed in the version on the server

>
> The AppMain.tcl script is the way things need to be done in order to 
> have Pd behave like a MacOS X application.

you're right, but I couldn't figure how to doit the wavesurfer way 
without modifying the pd source.
The paltypus way has its advantages:
* you can switch your pd version without recompiling (s long as it 
works with your tcl/tk)
* you can do stuff in the startup script. The new version has a quite 
cool feature: it scans directories recursively, so that you can install 
externals, abstractons, libraries and help files via drag and drop :)


...

gerard