In message , Diesel
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Those you think might benefit from your shared discussion would check a
programming newsgroup long before coming here expecting to find
programming information. And most likely, they wouldn't be completely
new to it, as you and Bill are. So, this conversation between the two
of you would really only benefit the two of you and should be taken to
email.

This is almost certainly correct, and I agree that Arlen and I would
probably be better with our first steps carried out on email, but with
occasional reports/questions to _a_ newsgroup.

If anyone here has programming questions, they'll be checking
newsgroups specifically intended for that purpose, not reading a play
by play as you and bill learn how to install the programming package
and begin your first hello world program together. I hope it works out,
don't get me wrong, but I don't need the play by play and I doubt
anyone else reading in these newsgroups does either.

This is all very well, but a search shows 244 usenet groups with
"programming" in the name and none with any combination of "programming"
and "java". A recommendation of a specific programming group would be a
great help.

The other thing I would like to comment on is the use or need to stick
to the specific default directory setup with Android Studio. I wanted to
be able to locate and understand the various elements of the IDE and the
program. The whole point of doing this is to learn and having elements
in "phantom" directories is not helpful. If something IDE based doesn't
work, it is usually fairly simple to detect where something is looking
and revert to defaults if necessary.
A release version of any program should be able to be installed where
the user wants or should clearly state, or define , where it must be
installed.

I do appreciate any help and discussion here.
--
Bill

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