hi

in my case even using absolute paths doesn't work. i use [savepanel] and [openpanel] to to write/read a textfile from/into [msgfile].

are there any other OSX users, who cannot read a textfile with [msgfile]?

roman

hard off hard.off@gmail.com wrote:

if you are just writing xxxxxxx.txt , then try writing out the whole path for the textfile...that worked for me when i got the same error message

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hi

IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig@iem.at wrote:

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reading a textfile with [msgfile] gives the error: msgfile_read: unable to lseek /usr/blabla even if the textfile is written with [msgfile]

[msgfile] is using pd's paths to guess the filenames; try adding "." to your searchpath ("-path ."); this should make it work.

thanks for your answer. i couldn't get it to work. i must say, that i'm not an osx user myself and the problem is probably that i'm not too experienced with it. i have installed h.c. steiners newest pd.app (0.38.4). since i couldn't find the .pdrc-file and have no idea where to put it, i just added in: Pd -> Preferences -> Path
the entry '.' (without quotes). suddenly the [msgfile]-[read(-problem is still existing.

sorry for asking such basic questions: where is the .pdrc-file in the pd.app? what is the name of it?

if somebody has an already compiled and fixed zexy.pd_darwin, i would really appreciate to get it.

thanks for any hints

roman

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hi

i think i'll do a workaround with reading files into [textfile] and then passing the content to [msgfile]. the patch that is using [msgfile] is intended to be shared. such a workaround will not force any osx-user to make changes in the startup or install/compile another zexy.

thanks for your help anyway.

roman

IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig@iem.at wrote:

Roman Haefeli wrote:

...

thanks for your answer. i couldn't get it to work. i must say, that i'm not an osx user myself and the problem is probably that i'm not too experienced with it. i have installed h.c. steiners newest pd.app (0.38.4). since i couldn't find the .pdrc-file and have no idea where to put it, i just added in: Pd -> Preferences -> Path
the entry '.' (without quotes). suddenly the [msgfile]-[read(-problem is still existing.

well, not very sudden.... bad to hear.

...

sorry for asking such basic questions: where is the .pdrc-file in the pd.app? what is the name of it?

authoritive answer: there is no such thing as a .pdrc in pd-0.38.4 thus it has no name. using File->Path should be perfect.

you could also try to start pd from a shell.

...

if somebody has an already compiled and fixed zexy.pd_darwin, i would really appreciate to get it.

any volunteers ?

mfg.asd.r IOhannes

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hi roman,

this tells where settings are saved on a mac:

http://www.puredata.org/docs/faq/FrontPage#WhatIsPdSettings

best, p

On Thursday, June 9, 2005, at 05:18 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:

hi

IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig@iem.at wrote:

...

...

reading a textfile with [msgfile] gives the error: msgfile_read: unable to lseek /usr/blabla even if the textfile is written with [msgfile]

[msgfile] is using pd's paths to guess the filenames; try adding "." to your searchpath ("-path ."); this should make it work.

thanks for your answer. i couldn't get it to work. i must say, that i'm not an osx user myself and the problem is probably that i'm not too experienced with it. i have installed h.c. steiners newest pd.app (0.38.4). since i couldn't find the .pdrc-file and have no idea where to put it, i just added in: Pd -> Preferences -> Path the entry '.' (without quotes). suddenly the [msgfile]-[read(-problem is still existing.

sorry for asking such basic questions: where is the .pdrc-file in the pd.app? what is the name of it?

if somebody has an already compiled and fixed zexy.pd_darwin, i would really appreciate to get it.

thanks for any hints

roman

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