[Sc-devel] Re: SynthDef default dir moves to inside userAppSupportDir

[Dan Stowell]

Hi -

Yes, definitely agree with that. Unless anyone has arguments against,
let's change that so the default is not String.scDir but
Platform.userAppSupportDir.

Dan



2007/10/6, Joshua Parmenter <josh at realizedsound.net>:
> Hi Dan...
>
> Maybe it would be a good idea to have the default Archive written to
> the same directory? Not synthdef, but its enclosing level.
>
> Any thoughts about that?
> Best,
>
> Josh
>
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 6:00 AM, Dan Stowell wrote:
>
> > OK - I have briefly tested this on Linux and it seems OK, so I have
> > committed this: svn revision 6359. Will close the bug, and announce to
> > sc-users.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > 2007/10/3, Joshua Parmenter <josh at realizedsound.net>:
> >> I think this looks great Dan... thanks!
> >>
> >> josh
> >>
> >> On Oct 3, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Dan Stowell wrote:
> >>
> >>> OK, here's a patch. It modifies the SynthDef class as before; but it
> >>> also modifies the server's behaviour as I described. For Mac users
> >>> this means:
> >>>
> >>> * synthdefs are now written/read in ~/Library/Application
> >>> Support/SuperCollider/synthdefs by default (i.e. the lang writes
> >>> there, the synth reads there)
> >>> * SC_SYNTHDEF_PATH now overrides the default if it's set, rather
> >>> than
> >>> the default always being scanned.
> >>> * the default path for standalone builds should be the same (i.e.
> >>> will
> >>> look inside the standalone bundle)
> >>>
> >>> If someone wanted the old behaviour back (i.e. to look in the
> >>> current
> >>> working directory) they'd do something like
> >>>   export SC_SYNTHDEF_PATH=./synthdefs
> >>> before running.
> >>>
> >>> I believe this is going to be safe on Linux/Win but feedback from
> >>> those in the know would be good :)
> >>>
> >>> Any objections to committing this?
> >>>
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