Continuing the discussion from I keep getting an error when trying to compile my code : [image] I keep getting an error when trying to compile my code I am trying to make a Bluetooth gamepad using the ESP32-BLE-Gamepad library. However, every time I upload, I get an error that says : In file inc…

[image] I keep getting an error when trying to compile my code This means your library file is local (in the same folder as the sketch.ino) Not necessarily. It's where the system will first look; if the system can't find it there the system will look in the standard directories.

[image] sterretje: Not necessarily That is how I use the quotation marks... to tell ME that my file is not in the system libraries. Do you use "file.h" to reference a system library? That sounds like a hide-and-seek game bound to crash, rather than accepted file naming. I have seen _______…

[image] xfpd: That sounds like a hide-and-seek game bound to crash Why would it crash? Some might want to keep the option open to inject the libraries locally in case there are incompatible changes in the future without changing their code.

[image] J-M-L: Some might want Sure, some good programmers might want that. But is that what the first time posters are expecting? Put the files anywhere. Should convention be ignored? Hey, I am all for the idea that programming does not need to follow a convention (so many ways to read a…

It is worth noting that the #include directive in question is in a library, not in the sketch. In the case of an #include directive in library code, double quotes syntax is most correct when referencing a file within that library. [image] xfpd: I prefer to blindly follow simple conventions that…

[image] ptillisch: When using any of the official boards platforms created by the Arduino company, and even most 3rd party platforms, this suggestion would be nonsensical. Totally right. I think I had read this would work for the reason you explained and had been abused. Wondered if that was…

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sterretje June 5, 2025, 7:32am 2

Not necessarily. It's where the system will first look; if the system can't find it there the system will look in the standard directories.

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