On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, rolf wrote: > Hi Jussi > > > Maybe "examples" option could be added to main dialog (the place where it > > used to be) after you have installed at least one example? > > There is no "examples" option in the main dialog and no examples are > installed > on the system by the "make install" and I found no target "make install > examples" or so. > > I found them in trunk/app/examples (or so) and copied them into a directory > of > mine, but could not "install" one of them from the software farm. >
Yes, that's what the commit log tells you: Revision: 6721 ----------- [CONFIGURATION] * NEW: Examples are not installed anymore and were removed. They will be stored in the Gambas farm server. [DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT] * NEW: Remove the examples from the welcome dialog, the open project dialog and the 'File' menu. Revision: 6724 ----------- [EXAMPLES] * NEW: Put the old examples in '/trunk/app/examples'. You read the commit logs, right? Because you are compiling an (unstable) development version during a period of heavy changes. > BTW why must the directory ".local" be hidden??? I see no reason. Why can the > directory not be choosen by the user or taken from an environment variable? > If you look at the source code: --8<-- [ app/src/gambas3/.src/Project/Farm/CSoftware.class ]---------------- 165 Public Sub GetInstalledDir() As String 166 167 Return Desktop.DataDir &/ "gambas3/src" &/ LCase(Vendor) &/ Name 168 169 End --8<------------------------------------------------------------------------ The installation directory is chosen as Desktop.DataDir which, per docs[0] of the Desktop class (gb.desktop), mirrors the environment variable $XDG_DATA_HOME. This is per freedesktop standard[1] the place to put "user-specific data files". Software downloaded from a farm is not to be seen as just projects anymore, they mean something to the IDE, too. That means they constitute a database of "installed software", _maintained_ via the IDE and in this regard, it makes sense to put them into $XDG_DATA_HOME. As was shortly brought to attention in this thread[2] -- alas without being resolved -- I would also opt for a configurable target directory, although I don't feel strongly about that because I'll certainly employ a bookmark either way. Regards, Tobi [0] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.desktop/desktop/datadir [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html [2] http://sourceforge.net/p/gambas/mailman/message/33079591/ -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
