Quarks and Mac Paths

Discussion:

magicwindow

2014-10-02 16:32:07 UTC

Hello list!

I've been trying to get my Quarks up n running (just doing svn changes now)
but im having a lot of trouble. I've searched the forums and tried using the
techniques but to no avail. I searched deeper and realized that my
"Platform.userAppSupportDir;" ("/Users/name/Library/Application
Support/SuperCollider") path doesn't even exist on my mac! and my Library
folder is currently residing in Macintosh HD next to Users, Applications and
System.

I tried creating a Library folder in my /Users/name folder but it wouldn't
let me. I'm pretty sure my Quarks problem would be solved if this weird
pathing problem can be fixed.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Matt Mitchell

2014-10-02 16:43:49 UTC

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Hi, I'm a SC neophyte who's getting into patterns and whatnot via the recently created "Gentle Introduction", which is great.

I'm actually trying to get Quarks going for the first time myself. I wouldn't mind a clarification as to the best method. It seems Subversion is not a part of Mountain Lion, which I'm using. I've downloaded a Subversion binary and installed it and it seems like I need a bunch of other stuff to get it working. I've searched forums and read the SC quarks page but it seems not especially clear to me.

So I guess my question is, what would be the way to get this happening in the fewest steps possible? My main interests are the MIDI file quarks for exporting pattern stuff as a midi file and maybe importing MIDI files to mutate and whatnot.

Thanks for any help!

-matt

Post by magicwindow
Hello list!
I've been trying to get my Quarks up n running (just doing svn changes now)
but im having a lot of trouble. I've searched the forums and tried using the
techniques but to no avail. I searched deeper and realized that my
"Platform.userAppSupportDir;" ("/Users/name/Library/Application
Support/SuperCollider") path doesn't even exist on my mac! and my Library
folder is currently residing in Macintosh HD next to Users, Applications and
System.
I tried creating a Library folder in my /Users/name folder but it wouldn't
let me. I'm pretty sure my Quarks problem would be solved if this weird
pathing problem can be fixed.
Anyone have any ideas?
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felix

2014-10-02 17:02:20 UTC

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Honestly the easiest and fastest way is to just download the whole thing
(download snapshot):

http://sourceforge.net/p/quarks/code/HEAD/tree/

and stick them in /Users/YOU/Library/Application
Support/SuperCollider/quarks

Then you can use the gui to install and uninstall those. They get installed
into Extensions

If you aren't updating often or developing then its the simplest way to do
it.

---

The help page is here:

http://doc.sccode.org/Guides/UsingQuarks.html

---

There has been a newer version of quarks, but it hasn't gotten finalized or
released.

---

Myself, I'm favoring a new approach where I install quarks into the
directory where I'm working.
But this is still a work in progress.

The ~/Library folder is now invisible by default, so I think keeping user
files there is now an anti-pattern. I much prefer to have all the source
code where I can see it.

Post by Matt Mitchell
Hi, I'm a SC neophyte who's getting into patterns and whatnot via the
recently created "Gentle Introduction", which is great.
I'm actually trying to get Quarks going for the first time myself. I
wouldn't mind a clarification as to the best method. It seems Subversion is
not a part of Mountain Lion, which I'm using. I've downloaded a Subversion
binary and installed it and it seems like I need a bunch of other stuff to
get it working. I've searched forums and read the SC quarks page but it
seems not especially clear to me.
So I guess my question is, what would be the way to get this happening in
the fewest steps possible? My main interests are the MIDI file quarks for
exporting pattern stuff as a midi file and maybe importing MIDI files to
mutate and whatnot.
Thanks for any help!
-matt

Post by magicwindow
Hello list!
I've been trying to get my Quarks up n running (just doing svn changes

now)

Post by magicwindow
but im having a lot of trouble. I've searched the forums and tried using

the

Post by magicwindow
techniques but to no avail. I searched deeper and realized that my
"Platform.userAppSupportDir;" ("/Users/name/Library/Application
Support/SuperCollider") path doesn't even exist on my mac! and my Library
folder is currently residing in Macintosh HD next to Users, Applications

and

Post by magicwindow
System.
I tried creating a Library folder in my /Users/name folder but it

wouldn't

Post by magicwindow
let me. I'm pretty sure my Quarks problem would be solved if this weird
pathing problem can be fixed.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Matt Mitchell

2014-10-02 18:11:08 UTC

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Thank you! Will try that.

best wishes,

-m

Post by felix
http://sourceforge.net/p/quarks/code/HEAD/tree/
and stick them in /Users/YOU/Library/Application Support/SuperCollider/quarks
Then you can use the gui to install and uninstall those. They get installed into Extensions
If you aren't updating often or developing then its the simplest way to do it.
---
http://doc.sccode.org/Guides/UsingQuarks.html
---
There has been a newer version of quarks, but it hasn't gotten finalized or released.
---
Myself, I'm favoring a new approach where I install quarks into the directory where I'm working.
But this is still a work in progress.
The ~/Library folder is now invisible by default, so I think keeping user files there is now an anti-pattern. I much prefer to have all the source code where I can see it.

Post by Matt Mitchell
Hi, I'm a SC neophyte who's getting into patterns and whatnot via the recently created "Gentle Introduction", which is great.
I'm actually trying to get Quarks going for the first time myself. I wouldn't mind a clarification as to the best method. It seems Subversion is not a part of Mountain Lion, which I'm using. I've downloaded a Subversion binary and installed it and it seems like I need a bunch of other stuff to get it working. I've searched forums and read the SC quarks page but it seems not especially clear to me.
So I guess my question is, what would be the way to get this happening in the fewest steps possible? My main interests are the MIDI file quarks for exporting pattern stuff as a midi file and maybe importing MIDI files to mutate and whatnot.
Thanks for any help!
-matt

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nescivi

2014-10-02 17:01:35 UTC

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Apple, in their infinite wisdom on what is good for users to acces,
started to hide this folder since a few versions of OSX.

But, you can open it in Finder from SC with this line of code:

Platform.userAppSupportDir.openOS;

Or, in the recent IDE there is a link in the file menu to open the folder.

sincerely,
Marije

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magicwindow

2014-10-02 17:47:03 UTC

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Ah Thanks for the answer!

The problem Im having now is that i can open it in Supercollider, however, i
need to be able to cd into the directory in Terminal (so i can set up the
svn) and Terminal can't find the path. Any ideas?

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Stefan Nussbaumer

2014-10-02 17:58:35 UTC

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Post by magicwindow
Ah Thanks for the answer!
The problem Im having now is that i can open it in Supercollider, however, i
need to be able to cd into the directory in Terminal (so i can set up the
svn) and Terminal can't find the path. Any ideas?

if you're in your 'home' directory (~):

cd Library/Application\ Support/SuperCollider

... as 'Application Support' contains a space you have to escape that
with a backslash.
Then:

svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/quarks/code/ quarks

hope that works...

stefan

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magicwindow

2014-10-02 18:22:49 UTC

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You guys are awesome!! Worked like a charm. Thank you so much!

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nescivi

2014-10-02 19:10:49 UTC

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Hiho,

and use the TAB key in the terminal, it autocompletes to available
directories or files.
Or you can drag folders from Finder to the Terminal, and get the path,
so another trick is typing "cd " in the terminal, then drag the path
from Finder to the Terminal.

sincerely,
Marije

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You guys are awesome!! Worked like a charm. Thank you so much!
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