> On Aug 11, 2017, at 2:30 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> what is the "Forget all...." for preferences supposed to do? Reset Pd to
> first install state?
You're only half right.
There are *two* preferences:
* core preferences: paths, libs, audio devs, startup flags
* GUI-only preferences
Forget all... clears the core preferences only.
> If so I would assume when I "forget all" I would get
> the "Would you like to create a folder in ~/Documents/Pd?" dialog but
> instead if I "Forget all..." and $ rm ~/Documents/Pd I get:
>
> Pd documents directory cannot be found:
> /Users/megrimm/Documents/Pd
> Choose a new location?
Your assumption is wrong. You did not clear the GUI preferences and the
pd_docsdir plugin checks if the previous path exists. In your case it does not
so it falls back by letting you know it doesn't exist and let's you choose/make
a new one.
> Should it not just reset to initial "Would you like to create a folder in
> ~/Documents/Pd?" ?
No, because, again, the docspath is still set in the GUI preferences. If you
want to do a full purge, you need to clear the GUI preferences as well. On
macOS, use:
defaults delete org.puredata.pd.pd-gui
Sorry if this sounds like "You're doing it wrong" but this release now has this
split preferences system and I used the GUI prefs for the docspath as it's
really a GUI-only setting.
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Dan Wilcox
@danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika>
danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
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