Hi all...

Announcing a new release of the Pd (enhanced) for MacOSX. (0.36-0 build 2)

http://homepage.mac.com/atl/pd/installers.html

It includes everything needed to get started (including Tcl/Tk, Pd, pddp, and configuration niceties) in a 3.6 MB download.

The new features in this release include: - Improved performance (avoiding drop-outs and clicks) using a modification by Klaus Lebkuecher, communicated to the pd-list by V93r. - a new -helppath command-line option - Enabled use of a ~/.pdrc configuration file (include hyphenated options, one per line) - Creates a starter ~/.pdrc configuration file as an example and for enhanced out-of-the-box use. - Creates and uses directories in /Library/Pd for simpler installation of Externals and their corresponding Help patches:

If you want to install externals, libraries, or abstractions with this installation, you can place the files ending in .pd_darwin (and the abstractions that end in .pd) into the directory: /Library/Pd/Externals Install their corresponding help patches (ending in .pd) in the directory: /Library/Pd/Help If there are other files that go with these externals (such as source files, READMEs, and sample media), a convenient place for these files is: /Library/Pd/AdditionalDocumentation Pd internals are reachable from the finder at: /Library/Pd/Internals

Similar directories are also created in the Home directory (i.e. ~/ Library/Pd) of the user installing Pd. The .pdrc file that is automatically generated tells Pd to look at these directories.

More details at the above URL. Complaints and comments welcome. I haven't had a chance to test the installer as much as I'd like.