How to auto add "lib_dir" to ino?

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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 doesn’t provide this functionality. You can create alias of this command with echo "......" > platformio.ini snippet.

3

thank you for the reply.

being dense again…

echo “…” > 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, that’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 it’s not working, it’s something I’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 i’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 “yes” 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 I’m not sure if it’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 project’s platformio.ini?

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

14

Off-top question: Why do you need it? :blush: Why don’t use PlatformIO Library Manager?

15

Some of my libraries aren’t in there.

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  1. You can request to add missed libs here Issues · platformio/platformio-libmirror · GitHub
  2. You can place missed libs to global folder ~/.platformio/libs (similar as ~/Documents/Arduino/Libraries)
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ok, i’ll look into that avenue.

thank you again. :wink: