notes on library and tool locations

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benfry
2008-10-15 02:26:41 +00:00
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Where to put Libraries
Core libraries live inside the "libraries" folder of the Processing
distribution, however users should install "contributed" libraries
in their sketchbook folder, which will prevent them from having to
move their libraries with new Processing releases.
Starting with release 0149, user libraries should live in a
subfolder named "libraries" inside the sketchbook folder.
distribution. Starting with release 0149, user-installed libraries
must live in a folder named "libraries" inside the sketchbook folder.
If a library works only with a particular release of Processing,
then it may make sense for the user to put things into the
Processing libraries folder, however we'd like to keep users
out of there as much as possible. In fact, it may not be visible
in future releases of Processing (for instance, on Mac OS X it
may live inside a .app bundle).
already lives inside the .app bundle).
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@@ -52,15 +52,13 @@ Where to put Tools
Core tools live inside the "tools" subfolder of the Processing distribution,
however users should install "contributed" tools in their sketchbook folder,
which will prevent them from having to move the tools with new Processing
releases. Starting with release 0149, tools should be placed in a folder
named "tools" inside the sketchbook folder.
inside a subfolder named "tools".
If a tool works only with a particular release of Processing, then it may make
sense for the user to put things into the Processing tools folder, however we'd
like to keep users out of there as much as possible. In fact, it may not be
visible in future releases of Processing (for instance, on Mac OS X it may live
inside a .app bundle).
visible in future releases of Processing (for instance, on Mac OS X, the tools
folder is hidden inside the .app bundle).
Tools should be laid out similar to libraries, though the structure is a little
more flexible. The tool folder should be the name of the main class (without