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Running a p5 sketch from the command-line? (Read 866 times)
Alterscape
Running a p5 sketch from the command-line?
Oct 2nd, 2005, 3:58pm  
I've  become fond of using JEdit to edit the java files that make up my more complex p5 sketches.  It gets kind of obnoxious to edit the source in jedit, then open p5 and press 'run', then remember that I have to close p5 and make changes in jedit then open it again, rather than just making tweaks in p5.  Is there any command syntax to start p5 from the command line, already running? So I could keep a terminal window open and just keep running whatever that command is when I want to test my work?
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fry
Re: Running a p5 sketch from the command-line?
Reply #1 - Oct 2nd, 2005, 7:55pm  
short answer is no.

but to do what you'd like, go to preferences and check "use external editor." then edit away in jedit, and each time you hit 'run' in processing, it'll reload the changes you've saved from jedit.

(lots of posts elsewhere on the board for how this will change in the future, why it's done this way, etc)
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broc
Re: Running a p5 sketch from the command-line?
Reply #2 - Oct 2nd, 2005, 8:29pm  
I'd like to use BBEdit as external editor (on OS X). But it seems that I can't open .pde files. Am I missing something obvious?
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broc
Re: Running a p5 sketch from the command-line?
Reply #3 - Oct 2nd, 2005, 9:58pm  
Ok, it works now. I just forgot to add the .pde suffix in language preferences.
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Alterscape
Re: Running a p5 sketch from the command-line?
Reply #4 - Oct 3rd, 2005, 12:57am  
fry wrote on Oct 2nd, 2005, 7:55pm:
short answer is no.

but to do what you'd like, go to preferences and check "use external editor." then edit away in jedit, and each time you hit 'run' in processing, it'll reload the changes you've saved from jedit.

(lots of posts elsewhere on the board for how this will change in the future, why it's done this way, etc)


Thanks for the quick reply, Fry, and I'm sorry for the stupid question. I usually would RTFM/STFB, but I'm out of it this weekend. Freaking flu..
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