[PD] Opening Saved Patch Problem

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Mon Dec 12 13:52:52 CET 2005


Hallo,
Jonathan Goodwin hat gesagt: // Jonathan Goodwin wrote:

> I'm a student taking my first tentative steps into graphical multimedia
> programming with the intent to build interactive video installations. So
> please forgive me if this is a real newb question! I've looked in the
> documentation and online but to no avail.
> 
> I've been experimenting with making my first few patches, but I after I have
> saved a patch on my computer and then closed PD I don't seem to be able to
> re-open the patch again later. If I go File > Open the files are greyed-out.
> Dragging and dropping the file onto the PD icon in the dock doesn't work
> either?
> 
> I'm using the GEM extensions, my OS is OS X 10.4.

Maybe you aren't use the File extensions? If you save a patch, make
sure it ends in ".pd", otherwise Pd will not accept it. Also don't use
names with funny characters like umlauts or spaces.

You also could send us the file you cannot open.

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__




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