Ok, I'll try this thanks for the hint.

I don't use pdrc because I use multiple versions of PD and externals i development, different Gem branches etc. One configuration does not do enough for me, I would be happy with support for multiple pdrc files, then I would use it!

With your method I'll simply configure it with my most often used external versions etc.. (ie stable-ish)

Can I add a -helppath with the PD.app?

Thanks B.

hi,

i think it is still necessary to put the pd.app directly in /applications. if you don't do so strange things happen.

it is easiest to put your own externals into /applications/pd.app/contents/resources/extra as this folder is in the search path and all the externals that come with the package are in there. gem is also already there.

why don't you want to use a .pdrc? it works, you know ...

lg martin

On Oct 23, 2004, at 20:10, B. Bogart wrote:

...

Hey all,

I can't figure out how to get the PD.app to load my externals/libs. I can add the paths easily enough but when I try and put anything into the "startup" setup pd can't find it. I've tried absolute paths, relative paths, paths relative to pd paths... still can't get it to load my stuff. It can't seem to find my abstractions either so I guess -path options are not working either.

for example my Gem is installed in:

/Users/admin/work/libs/cgc/Gem.pd_darwin

And console reports:

tried /Users/admin/work/libs/cgc/Gem .pd_darwin and failed tried /Users/admin/work/libs/cgc/Gem //Users/admin/work/libs/cgc/Gem .pd_darwin and failed /Users/admin/work/libs/cgc/Gem : can't load library

Where are these options stored? I could try editing the file manually to get things moving (maybe) Any other way to supply PD with commandline args with the pd.app (other than .pdrc)?.

I start my old pd-0.37-1 with:

~/work/pd/bin/pd -rt -helppath ~/work/abstractions-tot-help -path ~/work/extra -path ~/work/libs -path ~/work/abstractions-v -path ~/work/abstractions-tot -nosound -lib cgc/Gem:pmpd:OSC:zexy:pool

(Oh and in the console I get error: .printout.text: no such object) which is caused by Apple-C to copy the console buffer.

Thanks B.

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