From 2ad6afbbf89aaf4eb8c0626e5a5b71819a9407fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Wilkes <jon.w.wilkes@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 17:01:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Try to fix #222: for OSX App bundle, start pwd in the user's
directory instead of deep inside the App bundle
---
pd/nw/pdgui.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index 82c3ca2ce..6e340c9ef 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -1052,7 +1052,18 @@ function external_doc_open(url) {
exports.external_doc_open = external_doc_open;
function gui_set_cwd(dummy, cwd) {
- if (cwd !== ".") {
+ // The check for "darwin" is a quick workaround for getting
+ // the OSX App bundle to start the pwd in the user's working directory
+ // instead of deep inside the App bundle itself. However, this may
+ // become a problem when people try to install Purr Data "Linux"-style,
+ // that is, install it system-wide from the command line instead of
+ // in an App bundle.
+
+ // Also, there is a general problem that we're setting the pwd from
+ // two different places-- index.js in set_vars() and s_inter.c with
+ // this call. That's unnecessarily complex and hard to follow. It
+ // should be simplified
+ if (cwd !== "." && process.platform !== "darwin") {
pwd = cwd;
}
}
--
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