File names - don't Dot your version numbers

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I've been 'developing' a sketch for motor-control. It has evolved through many iterations until I had something working. Each iteration is in its own, properly named folder, e.g. motor_control, motor_control_V2, ... _V6 etc. I use an external editor for my coding, then save, open the folder and run the IDE to compile and upload.

Then I went back to .. _V2.pde, made some changes and called it .. _V2.2.pde.

but double-clicking this file, the IDE splash-screen appears but the IDE doesn't actually start. The only way to beat it is to Start the IDE as a blank then drag-and-drop the file onto it.

After much struggling, believing it must be some coding error, I tried changing the file (and folder) name to _V2_2.pde And Presto! Double-click, compile and upload all as normal.

It would appear that Arduino IDE 0022 doesn't accept Dot-separators in the file-name - use underscore (_) instead.

Geoff

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then save, open the folder and run the IDE to compile and upload.

BTW you don't have to do this, you can select "Use external editor" in the IDE preferences.

But good tip about the dots, for programming I never use any clever characters line spaces or dots, it can break a lot of programs.

Rob

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Git is free, easy to install, and fairly easy to use. TortoiseGit is free, easy to install, and easy to use. Git works with or without a server; your choice.

Subversion is free, easy to install, and fairly easy to use. TortoiseSVN is free, easy to install, and easy to use. I can't remember if Subversion has a server half or not but, if it does, it is certainly lean enough to run on a workstation.

Why do version control by hand?

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CB, sorry, I've given up on using Linux. I booted into Ubuntu again last week - perhaps it has cleared some of my problems whilst I've not used it - but, no, now I not only need to tell it what application to use to open a folder, it won't even let me view my various hard-drives without a bl**dy password. I loathe and detest winslop but I do want to access my own stuff on my own computer.

I want to get on with my programming, which is pretty much all hand-coding, and I use that truly brilliant Ultra Edit application by Ian Meade. There probably are many version-control systems out there, maybe even in Ultra Edit, but I frankly am reluctant to take on newfangled stuff - defined as newer than about 50 years :astonished:

Searching (grubbing?) through my junk-boxes today I found one of my older circuit-boards, with file-name etched in the copper - from this I could find (most of) the original gubbins, including the V2; V2.2; V2.3.3 etc variants of the layouts, each as a separate file but all in the one folder.

Now if I can just use the Arduino to generate appropriate signals, I should be able to continue my build of the Lawn_mower_self-steered_ultimate-weapon_Mk_IV_V3.2.1

Geoff

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CB, sorry, I've given up on using Linux

So have I. But why did you mention it?

Now if I can just use the Arduino to generate appropriate signals

Pick a section and post the question. There's a good chance you will find help.

There's even a section to brag when you get the mower to do something interesting or entertaining.

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My mal, sorry. I'm not familiar with any of the programs you mentioned, so I rather assumed they are for Linux. Please accept my wrist for slapping.

Geoff