[PD] opening pd from command line in os x

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Mar 2, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Max Neupert wrote:

>
> 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.

works for me, what's happening for you?

.hc

>
>> ...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.
>
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