[PD] macosx .pdrc inside PD.app

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Tue Oct 11 06:14:53 CEST 2005


I use a script which saves and restores different config files.  Its in  
CVS:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/scripts/config- 
switcher.sh?rev=1.2&view=log

.hc

On Oct 8, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Max Neupert wrote:

> hi list,
>
> how to handle it if one may want to keep different properties for  
> different instances of pd?
>
> e.g. one pd instance for sound, and one for gem to avoid audio  
> glitches; one instance has to have libaries to load, the other one  
> should run in -nogui....
>
> how do you solve this with just one org.puredata.pd.plist all of the  
> instances of pd are refering to?
>
> m
>
>
> Am 07.10.2005 um 19:43 schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner:
>
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2005, at 6:53 AM, Lorenz Schori wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Am 15.09.2005 um 16:52 schrieb Hans-Christoph Steiner:
>>>
>>>> I think the easiest thing to do is to create a  
>>>> org.puredata.pd.plist, which is the file that the preferences  
>>>> system saves to.  Then you instruct users to copy that file to  
>>>> ~/Library/Preferences.
>>>>
>>>
>>> there is a command line utility for writing preference values:  
>>> defaults. (see man defaults). for quickly inspect what is contained  
>>> in the pd prefs just type the following command into terminal:
>>>
>>> defaults read org.puredata.pd
>>>
>>> package distributors could then distribute a script which set the  
>>> appropriate defaults instead of providing a plist which will  
>>> overwrite the preferences of the user
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, that's a good idea.  I'll have to try that.  Its on the TODO  
>> list.
>>
>> .hc
>>
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