Arlen_Holder
news alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:46:02 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

it's best that they allow the default settings along with
default suggested install folders to be used.

Hi Diesel,

Thank you for your help & kind advice about paths & programming.
Part of debugging is understanding where problems lie in complex
systems.

I'm well aware of what debugging entails...

The task is to be logically consistent.

Since it was clear that _everyone_ with older AMD CPUs on Windows
was having the _same_ errors with the Google emulators set to x86
(but not arm) that I was getting, simple logic rules out the
specific paths that I used.

No, everyone wasn't...You were, some others were based on forum
reading I did, but, not everyone. Some people (not you) understand
what the software package is and what it's hardware conditions are
for use and configured their systems for it. You did not, I suspect
some of them didn't either.

It's no different than organizing your tools in your garage at
home. It's always logically consistent!

Sadly, I've been in more than one or two homes where that isn't the
case...

You don't let the Home Depot guy organize your tools in your
toolbox. He would put all the Home Depot tools in one drawer,
called "Home Depot".

You don't let the Lowes tool guy organize your tools in your
toolbox. He would put all the Lowes tools in one drawer, called
"Lowes".

I'd hope not. I'd fully expect screwdrivers not to be in the same
place as my hammers, etc.

IMHO, people should organize their tools to be logically
consistent. Their tools should be organized the way they think.

Logically consistent != 'organized the way they (a person) thinks'.
People don't typically think in a purely logical manner.

To keep control over where things go, I put them _all_ in logical
places! A. I put the tools in C:\app\editor\android (I never use
plurals) B. I put my projects in C:\tmp\android (I use short names
when possible)

That's it.

This methodology worked better on systems of the past, before the OS
itself became a complex beast in it's own right...

For example on tools, both the Android IDE & the Microsoft IDE are
in:
C:\app\editor\android\ide\{android_studio,visual_s tudio}

Non default install paths, invalid registry key(s) pointing to wrong
location; forcing programs which either expect the default install
path or a properly configured key to point them to it will either
fail to find required support files, or be forced to search for them
on it's own.

As you've been told before and completely chose to ignore, You don't
make the decisions concerning how most things are laid out on your
system.

Note that the installers follow the same logical hierarchy:
C:\software\editor\android\ide\{android_studio,vis ual_studio}

Note that the menus follow the same logical hierarchy:
Start Menu editor android ide
{android_studio,visual_studio}

The menus hide the details behind the scenes and provide you with an
icon to click. For graphical representation, it can be as simple and
as 'logical' as you want it to appear to be.

The same logical consistency carries over to all the components.

Yes, but, not in the way you think. It's logical from the point of
view of the developers, not what you personally think.



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