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 > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list