[PD] Loading externs

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jan 24, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Martin Peach wrote:

> RG wrote:
>
>> Hello again list. I swear this is my last problem... for now. ;)
>>
>> ok so I've been using PD for about a year now, and shame on me I  
>> still don't know how to load externs. so. here are some images:
>>
>> This is what I get when I open PD:
>>      http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1348/pdonstartup6le.jpg
>>
>> This is my Search Path window:
>>      http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9895/pdsearchpath3vu.jpg
>>
>> and this is my "Bianaries to load on startup" window:
>>      http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8793/pdstartuppathinfo8zi.jpg
>>
>> what am I doing wrong?!!
>>
>>
> You have a lot of paths that don't work but you did manage to load  
> Gem. I would suggest deleting everything from the path and startup  
> windows, save settings, then find out with Windows Explorer where the  
> various extensions actually are, copy each different path from  
> Explorer's Address field and paste it into the path window (e.g.  
> C:/Program Files/pd/extra). For the libs just put the lib names into  
> the load-on-startup window (e.g. Gem). Then you hit Apply and Save  
> Settings, then reopen the dialogs and make sure the paths haven't been  
> mangled, if so edit them and apply and save again. (I found that  
> slashes tend to get duplicated.) Then quit pd and restart it to find  
> out if it worked.
>
> Martin

If you install Pd-extended, you can double-click C:\Program  
Files\pd\pd-settings.reg, and it'll install the prefs so that (almost)  
all the included libs/externs are loaded when Pd starts.

.hc

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