Thanks for your input. I'll make the suggested changes
to the readme.rtf file and installation notes.

all the best,

Victor
>
> thanks victor.
>
> it's working now. maybe two things to note for
> INSTALLATION/README   notes -
>
> 1. the environment.plist example in the distro shows
> something like this
>
> echo  ......
>
> as per your file, i removed echo .... maybe this is too
> obvious to   mention, but it was one thing to diagnose.
>
> 2. perhaps this too
>
> > for the environment.plist  to be picked up, you have
> > to log out and log in again, after the first time you
> > created or   modified
> > the file.
>
> should be in the README.
>
> i hope these are helpful comments. thanks very much.
>
> mp
>
>
> On Feb 24, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>
> > As far as I can see any OSX application, including the
> > 'terminal',   will
> > see the environment variable SFDIR if you set it in
> > environment.plist So Csound5.app should see and use
> SFDIR. >
> > In my OSX 10.4 I have this and it works OK.
> >
> > 
> >  > 1.0//EN"
> > "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">  > version="1.0"> 
> >         OPCODEDIR
> >
> /Library/Frameworks/CsoundLib.Framework/Resources/
> > Opcodes
> >         SFDIR
> >         /Users/victor/audio
> > 
> > 
> >
> >
> > At least that's how it has always worked in my  OSX
> > machines here, 10.3 or 10.4.
> >
> > Of course that's only going to work for the user in
> > question. What does Csound5.app report when you try to
> > render to a file? Does it say it can't open the file?
> > Then it probably means   that
> > SFDIR is not set.
> >
> > Another thing: for the environment.plist  to be picked
> > up, you have to log out and log in again, after the
> > first time you created or   modified
> > the file.
> >
> >
> > At 16:02 24/02/2006, you wrote:
> >> with csound5, i have this file
> >>
> >> echo 
> >>  1.0//EN" >>
> "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> >>
>  >> 
> >>      SFDIR
> >>      /Users/polishoo/CsoundAudio/
> >> 
> >> 
> >>
> >> at
> >>
> >> /Users/polishoo/.MacOSX/environment.plist.
> >>
> >> .... but Csound5.app doesn't seem to know it's there.
> But it should, >> yes? (Or am I missing something
> obvious?) >> --
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> > Victor Lazzarini
> > Music Technology Laboratory
> > Music Department
> > National University of Ireland, Maynooth
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