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rgovostes
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Re: mo' input - sketchbook location
« Reply #15 on: Aug 31st, 2003, 5:04am » |
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For Mac OS X, users' projects should be in:
~/Documents/Processing/
However, documentation should be in either of:
~/Library/Application Support/Processing/
Processing.app/Contents/Resources/
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fry
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Re: mo' input - sketchbook location
« Reply #16 on: Sep 13th, 2003, 9:31pm » |
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on Aug 26th, 2003, 11:42am, pollux wrote:i guess it is maybe too late and quite complicated, (if not completely out of the question), but what about Processing asking you where to put the folder at first-run
pros:
- it'll satisfy everybody.
- you'll actually know for sure where the folder is.
cons:
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the con to that is removing the ability to drag p5 to your machine to copy it, double clicking it, and running it without any additional guff or install or strange questions like you get from a regular ide.
this is a significant part of the experience we'd like to be getting across.. get writing things first, ask about how to move them around later. so we're trying to set lots of defaults, but leave them accessible for later tweaking for those interested.
(of course if the target audience were people who were already medium-to-advanced programmers, then i'd definitely ask where to put things first.)
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Elrick
 
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Re: mo' input - sketchbook location
« Reply #17 on: Sep 24th, 2003, 7:30pm » |
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I think I'd have to agree with Pollux here.
I still don't understand though, what's wrong with letting you save your project to a location just like any other software? Surely if someone has used a computer enough to drag and drop P5 onto their computer 'somewhere', they probably have enough know-how to pick a directory and click the save button.
I know I find it extrememly frustrating navigating to my sketchbook folder anytime I want to add a picture or font to a project. (c:\processing\0060\sketchbook\default\project\data ?? And that's just with it placed straight off the c:\ folder.. Never mind c:\documents and settings\user\my documents\etc.)
EDIT: Another thing I've just thought of: In many educational environments (such as the one I'm sitting in) users are denied access to the hard disk of their workstation, and have to save all documents to a network folder or somesuch. Just something to consider.
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Elrick
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Re: mo' input - sketchbook location
« Reply #18 on: Sep 26th, 2003, 8:46pm » |
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Noticed that someone was using 0062.. I'm like, "Woah, I just downloaded 0060!".. So read the release notes. I see that my issues have pretty much been addressed. 
And I feel bad because it came out on the 24th and I posted that last one on the 25th. Forgive me. 
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