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Alec Taylor
Changing global preferences.txt causes failure
Apr 28th, 2010, 2:19am  
Good Evening,

I'm currently in the middle of Administratively deploying Processing to a large, University network.

I located a preferences.txt file within the lib subdirectory of Processing.

I changed the following lines in the file, to absolute (mounted letter) paths on the file-server.

sketchbook.path="M:\Processing\Processing Sketches"
settings.path="M:\Processing\Data"
build.path="M:\Processing\Temp"

Unfortunately though, with the above settings changed, even if I take out the spaces, I can no longer run Processing.

I receive a "Processing cannot create sub-directory" type error.

I would rather not change the per-user preferences.txt file, as I am deploying this to a large number of users over a network.

Please fix this bug, or in the case of my incorrect edit, please tell me how I'm supposed to input custom paths.

Thank you,

Alec Taylor
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PhiLho 
Re: Changing global preferences.txt causes failure
Reply #1 - Apr 28th, 2010, 4:45am  
Try paths without quotes.
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Alec Taylor
Re: Changing global preferences.txt causes failure
Reply #2 - Apr 28th, 2010, 4:59am  
Does that include for [with spaces]?
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PhiLho 
Re: Changing global preferences.txt causes failure
Reply #3 - Apr 28th, 2010, 5:18am  
Probably, as the path is everything on the right of the = sign.
Not sure if it works, but worth a try... Smiley
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Alec Taylor
Re: Changing global preferences.txt causes failure
Reply #4 - Apr 30th, 2010, 11:57pm  
PhiLho  wrote on Apr 28th, 2010, 5:18am:
Probably, as the path is everything on the right of the = sign.
Not sure if it works, but worth a try... Smiley


I find it interesting how you use APL/BALL/SSPL/ThisThat style, although it does look
familiar from my use of InnoSetup.

Thanks, it's all working perfectly now.

Best Regards,

Alec Taylor

BTW: ...  Cheesy
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