I think its the message "distance" to camera that you want

From: tim vets <timvets@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:09:24 -0400
To: pd-list <pd-list@iem.at>
Subject: [PD] Gem clipping planes

Hi all,

How do I move the Z clipping plane closer to the camera so that I can zoom in on a cube without the closest face of it disappearing?

I've been trying with 'view' and 'perspec' but was unable to get the result I need...

Thanks,

Tim