How to auto add "lib_dir" to ino?

#1

Sorry for the dense question.

When creating a new project I would like the following line to be auto added to my platformio.io file:

[platformio]
src_dir=.
lib_dir=~/Documents/Arduino/Libraries

How do I do that?
Thank you.

PS: i have searched the docs but found them confusing :wink:

#2

platformio init command doesnā€™t provide this functionality. You can create alias of this command with echo "......" > platformio.ini snippet.

#3

thank you for the reply.

being dense againā€¦

echo ā€œā€¦ā€ > platformio.ini snippet.

do you mean just make a regular snippet and manually enter it?

thank you again.

#4

What is your OS? See Aliases

#5

Mac. thanks for the link, thatā€™ll take a while to penetrate my skull. :wink:

thanks again.

#6

I mean to add to ~/.bash_profile this

> alias pioforarduino='pio init && echo \\n"[platformio]"\\n"src_dir=."\\n"lib_dir=~/Documents/Arduino/Libraries"\\n >> platformio.ini'

and then call

> pioforarduino
#7

thank you again, but itā€™s not working, itā€™s something Iā€™m doing wrong for sure.

i just made a snippet and will just fill it in manually.

sorry for wasting your time, your help is appreciated though.

#8

Do you need any help?

#9

since you asked, and this is going to open a can of worms, and iā€™m having a hard time putting together the pieces to explain

first thing is when do i run the alias i get this out out from the console

he current working directory /Users/rgilmore will be used for project.
You can specify another project directory via
`platformio init -d %PATH_TO_THE_PROJECT_DIR%` command.

The next files/directories will be created in /Users/rgilmore
platformio.ini - Project Configuration File. |-> PLEASE EDIT ME <-|
src - Put your source files here
lib - Put here project specific (private) libraries
Do you want to continue? [y/N]:

When I answer ā€œyesā€ and open the file to check the output it looks like this in the platformio.ino file in root.

n[platformio]nsrc_dir=.nlib_dir=~/Documents/Arduino/Librariesn

there is more i could go on with but Iā€™m not sure if itā€™s relevant yet.

thanks again, so glad i donated cause you guys are awesome!

#10

Sorry, need to place double quotes. See updated comment.

Thanks a lot! :blush:

#11

ok, now the entries are in the global platformio.ini correctly.

When I start a new project should those directories be showing up in the local projectā€™s platformio.ini?

#12
  1. Did you update bash profile according to How to auto add "lib_dir" to ino? - #6 by ivankravets ?
  2. Try to restart system terminal and changes will be applied.
#13

sorry, i was in the middle of editing that post :wink:

#14

Off-top question: Why do you need it? :blush: Why donā€™t use PlatformIO Library Manager?

#15

Some of my libraries arenā€™t in there.

#16
  1. You can request to add missed libs here Issues Ā· platformio/platformio-libmirror Ā· GitHub
  2. You can place missed libs to global folder ~/.platformio/libs (similar as ~/Documents/Arduino/Libraries)
#17

ok, iā€™ll look into that avenue.

thank you again. :wink: