[PD] Installing GEM on mac?

Simon Iten itensimon at gmail.com
Sat Jan 26 21:19:21 CET 2019


what version of osx?

GEM video stuff  has not been working “correctly” on osx for quite a while…

> On 26 Jan 2019, at 21:11, J. Simon van der Walt <tedthetrumpet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, but I think I'm going to have to give up. I did a clean
> reinstall, went with the default paths that were created, but still
> nothing really working in gem. Tried purr data, but gem is only
> supported under linux and windows, which is not an option for this
> project. And my old pd-extended does not seem to be able to make a
> video show fullscreen on the mac. Off to try something else! Thanks
> anyway.
> 
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 18:53, Max <abonnements at revolwear.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 26.01.19 19:35, J. Simon van der Walt wrote:
>>> I've been away from Pd for quite a while, and I see that pd-extended
>>> is no longer a thing?
>> 
>> It's no longer updated and has fallen behind. Some may say that
>> Purr-Data has picked up where extended has stalled.
>> http://puredata.info/downloads/Pd-L2Ork
>> 
>>> I want to use GEM, so: I have Pd-0.49-1 installed and working. I went
>>> to 'Find externals', searched for 'gem' and installed:
>>> 
>>> Gem/0.94~pre1 (deken-archive for macOS Intel/64bit)
>>>     Uploaded by zmoelnig @ 2018-12-23 18:17:43
>> 
>> That's the correct thing to do.
>> 
>>> This seems to have put some stuff into the Pd app bundle. However,
>>> when I try to open an example, most objects don't seem to be found, eg
>>> 'gemwin… could not create'.
>> 
>> Deken (the external manager you have used through 'Find externals')
>> should have asked you if you want to add Gem to the search paths. Did
>> you say no to that? Of so, add the path manually in Preferences->Paths.
>> Did you restart Pd?
>> 
>> Open a new patch, make an Object [Gem] and keep an eye on the Pd window
>> console. Then try the examples.
>> 
>> m.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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