[PD] how to get GEM working in Vanilla?

rolfm at dds.nl rolfm at dds.nl
Thu May 19 23:51:04 CEST 2016


i've put Vanilla in a VMware player running XP.

preferences are kept!
putting Gem in extra folder, startup lib Gem
and it loads, no problem at all.

conclusion?

rolf


> 
> I've seen this once before and don't know what's causing it... anyone 
> else
> having trouble getting preferences to stay around in Windows?
> 
> thanks
> Miller
> 
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 02:50:07PM +0200, rolfm at dds.nl wrote:
>> Derek Kwan schreef op 19-05-2016 10:25:
>> >>
>> >>forgot to mention: that doesn't help either; same errors
>> >>
>> >>rolf
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >Hello, Rolf,
>> >
>> >I've gotten around to toying around with Gem lately and here's what
>> >worked for me:
>> >
>> >1.) In Edit > Preferences > Path, I've made sure to include not just
>> >the folder the Gem folder is in, but the Gem folder itself.
>> >
>> >I have all my externals in: ~/pd-externals so that's included
>> >but also I've included this path as well: ~/pd-externals/Gem
>> >
>> >2.) Under Edit > Preferences > Startup, I've included Gem as a library
>> >to load on startup.
>> >
>> >Hope this helps!
>> >
>> >Derek
>> 
>> - i'm on Windows 10
>> Gem is in either %appdata%/Pd or pd/extra
>> 
>> very strange: Vanilla does not keep my preferences setting after 
>> closing!??
>> 
>> 'apply' doesn't have any effect either.
>> 
>> rolf
>> 
>> 
>> 



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