[PD] opening pd from command line in os x

[Max Neupert]

Am 02.03.2006 um 15:37 schrieb james tittle:

> On Mar 2, 2006, at 6:45 AM, Max Neupert wrote:
>> so in my case:
>> user$ /Applications/Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC8.app/Contents/MacOS/Pd - 
>> rt -noaudio /Users/user/Desktop/patch.pd
>>
>> but what it does is just opening pd, ignoring the flags and  
>> without opening the patch.
>>
>> what's wrong?
>
> ...well, the pd.app's actually have two binaries named "pd":  the  
> one you are addressing is actually just a re-named wish  
> shell...when you double click the application it calls this renamed  
> wish shell, which then loads the AppMain.tcl script (which is just  
> a link to the pd.tk) and eventually starts pd:  main take-home  
> point here is that there's no argument passing in this chain...
> ...however, the actual pd binary's path is: /Applications/Pd-0.38.4- 
> extended-RC8.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd

ah. okay this was half of the problem. it still will not work with  
the hcs extended package, but it does with millers version.

> ...so, the following should help (never use "-rt" on osx!):

why not?

>
> /Applications/Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC8.app/Contents/Resources/bin/pd - 
> nrt -noaudio -open /Users/user/Desktop/patch.pd
>
> james


thank you all!

max.