[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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