Aliases are needed one way or another, cause you can only browse to a folder, when you're adding a path to Pd's preferences...
This is not an issue in windows (not sure about linux...) and I think is easier to hit a shortcut that goes to ~/Library ;) (command + shift + go) cheers 2017-04-07 18:01 GMT-03:00 me.grimm <megr...@gmail.com>: > >> 1) the folder is not created for you, you have to pre create it > (requiring previous knowledge > > if deken isn't going to automate this on osx maybe just simple copy and > paste in a terminal (or?) for new users: > > $ mkdir ~/Library/Pd && mkdir ~/Documents/Pd && ln -s ~/Library/Pd > ~/Documents/Pd/libraries > > at least in a workshop/class setting maybe > > might be easier than finder -> go -> go to settings -> ~/Libraries and > making Pd directory THEN creating alias to wherever > > m > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Alexandre Torres Porres <por...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 2017-04-06 15:36 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <por...@gmail.com>: >> >>> We don't have such a user friendly manager like that with deken (far >>> from it) >>> >> >> been saying it before, but in any case, by that, I mean: >> >> 1) the folder is not created for you, you have to pre create it >> (requiring previous knowledge) >> 2) you can't navigate to that folder in Pd Vanilla to add it to your >> preferences path (and Pd only add paths that you can navigate to). So you >> need to create an alias for that invisible folder to your desktop, then use >> it to find the path >> >> this is all for mac os, of course >> >> ways around that would be to auto create the folder and change it to a >> visible and findable path (like ~/Documents) or redesign pd's interface >> (which I feel is unlikelier to expect). But a visible folder in Documents >> will always be simpler, cause it's not always the case that you will >> download libraries from the library manager (deken). So now that I thought >> more about it, even if you redesign Pd's interface, this will still be an >> issue for mac users. >> >> cheers >> > >
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