do this: vim/vi/emacs ~/.pdrc (pick whatever your text editor is) then you can type into the file any command line switches you would use with pd. ie:
-r 44100 -font 10 -path /path/to/externs1:/path/to/externs2/:/path/to/abstractions1 -lib /path/to/gem -lib /path/to/ext13 etc...
(BTW, .pdrc should not include any comments)
gem (or any lib/extern) can go to any place on your system as long as you specify the -path (to externs) and/or -lib (path to the lib)
usually the "make install" procedure will put things in the right places (but you will have to specify the lib path by hand) although I noticed that by default PD is installed /usr/local/lib/pd and some of the externs out there use /usr/local/pd as default. Check configure scripts and/or Makefile for default installation locations.
./MiS
Mark Khemma wrote:
two naive but related questions:
- where would i find/make a .pdrc?
1a) how would a write a .pdrc script (syntax)? 2) where should i put gem packages thanks, -mark k.