[PD] Script in osx

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I know this is old, but I just found a really handy way to embed  
these settings in the patch:

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On Oct 28, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Nicholas Mariette wrote:

>
> On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Vincent Rioux wrote:
>
>> hi,
>> so you mean that pd will read its preference file in
>>
>> /Contents/org.puredata.pd.plist
>
> yes - but only if no preference file exists in ~/Library/Preferences/
>
>> does it override the ~/Library/Preferences/ one?
>
> no.  therefore you have to rename (backup) or delete this version of
> the org.puredata.pd.plist if you want Pd to find its version in
> Pd*.app/Contents/
>
>> it's been a while since i managed to use pd command line on osx
>> the only way i found was to compile it and move the extras from Pd-
>> extended
>
> yeah, this is essentially what i do - starting with a plain Pd .app
> bundle, and copying in only the externals i need from Pd-extended.
> This way I have a purpose-made Pd.app without the bloat.
>
>> anyway this preferences trick sounds really good.
>> thanks
>
> it's not bad, but does have some limitations if you want to load a
> patch from within the bundle.  basically, you can only refer to
> absolute paths, so if you put a patch in the bundle, designed for a
> path of /Applications/Pd*.app/Contents/Resources/my-patch.pd  then it
> will only work when the Pd app is in /Applications directory.
>
> I think Hans' Pd standalone app maker overcomes this problem, but I
> haven't tried it yet.
>
> hope this script helps some anyway.
>
> Nick
>
>>
>>
>> vincent
>>
>>
>
>
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