I'm always looking for ways to expand the number of keyboard shortcuts in Pd. I found monetus' hotkey-plugin.tcl file and put it in the .tcl folder (in Contents>Resources on a Mac), but the shortcuts listed there don't seem to work when I do.

I also recall reading about another set of shortcuts that increase the ways of automating the making of connections, but I've not been able to relocate that.

@RonHerrema Hi there,

I'm not the best person to answer your first question, as I myself have never tried to install a tcl plugin, but my uninformed guess would be that you need to add the tcl file to a path that is being searched by Pd at startup, such as the directory where Deken (the "Find externals" tool in the Help menu) can automatically create for you when you first install externals. Maybe check out this post?:
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/9960/tcl-for-a-rainy-day

As for your second question: yes, the latest Pd vanilla (0.49) has new intelligent patching shortcuts built in, and they're awesome! Check out these links for descriptions & video demos:
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/374

Thanks beep.beep. Helpful on both counts. I installed the hotkey-plugin.tcl file in the externals folder ('extra'), and now the hot keys work. Also good to know more of the details re intelligent patching.

Best

rh