Oolite Bulletins

• create a folder (e.g. ~/Desktop/OXPs/) for the oxp's I temporarily want to disable
• select all unwanted oxps from the oolite-AddOns folder
• move them to the new folder

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activate or deactivate oxps by moving them from/to another directory (holding track).
This hopefully speeds up the lenghty process of moving the AddOns for tests.
[IMPORTANT INFO:] It is STRONGLY recommended to set the masterdirectories so that they
                   are located inside the same volume/filesystem, or else
                   the moving of the oxps will take much, much  longer!
[-=notes=-]:
 - this will create a holding track directory if it doesn't exist yet. The dirs used may be specified in the script:
   AddOns: '/home/ggshinobi/.Oolite/AddOns'
   AddOnsHoldingTrack: '/home/ggshinobi/.Oolite/AddOnsHoldingTrack'
 - spaces in oxp-names are not allowed. If you have oxps with spaces, convert their names:
   OLDIFS="$IFS"; IFS=$'\n'; for x in `ls -1 | grep "[[:space:]]"`; do mv $x ${x// /_}; done; IFS="$OLDIFS"
[-=usage=-]:
addOnsManage.sh [-i] <mode> [oxp1] [oxp2]...
  -i: case insensitive search
  <modes>:
    -a / activate: activate the given oxps by moving them into the specified AddOns-Folder
    -d / deactivate: deactivate the given oxps by moving them to the specified HoldingTrack-Folder
    -aa / activateAll: activate all oxps which are available in AddOnsHoldingTrack/
    -da / deactivateAll: deactivate all oxps (move all from AddOns/ to AddOnsHoldingTrack/)
      note: for activateAll and deactivateAll, no further parameters are allowed! (sanity check)
    -si / showInstalled: show installed / activated oxps
    -sa / showAvailable: show oxps available for activation / installation
      The showModes will use any parameters to further filter results through case-insensitive grep.
[-=examples=-]:
  addOnsManage.sh -a Updating_TSC_1.5.1.oxp Snoopers2.4.oxp/
  addOnsManage.sh -i -a planet our # will for instance activate PlanetaryCompass, PlanetFall, YOUR-ADD-HERE, tesoura...
  addOnsManage.sh -aa
  addOnsManage.sh -si updat snoop # will show all installed oxps containing either updat or snoop (case-sensitive)
  addOnsManage.sh -i -si updat snoop # will show all installed oxps containing either updat or snoop (case-insensitive)
[-=hints=-]:
 - you don't need to specify the exact name. It suffices if the string you provided matches.
 - the more precise you type the names of the oxp's, the less will be selected.
 - if you enter (de)activate mode without specifiying oxp's, you will be prompted to enter them.
   This prompt should support parameter expansion (if it is set on your system).
 - case-sensitive search is the default. Use -i as first parameter to use case-insensitive search.
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• Rename AddOns to MainAddOns
• Create another folder named TestingAddOns
• Create a link/shortcut to MainAddOns
• Rename the link/shortcut to AddOns
• Create a link/shortcut to TestingAddOns
• Rename the link/shortcut to TestAddOns
• Copy the OXPs you wish to use for testing into TestingAddOns. You can leave a 'core' set of OXPs such as a Config folder, your favourite HUD and equipment OXPs, etc, in there, and add individual OXPs for testing as required.

#!/bin/sh
if test -f ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/TestAddOns
then
	mv ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/AddOns ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/TempName
	mv ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/TestAddOns ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/AddOns
	echo "Switched to Testing AddOns"
else
	mv ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/AddOns ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/TestAddOns
	mv ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/TempName ~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/AddOns
	echo "Switched to Main AddOns"
fi
exit $?

Diziet Sma wrote:

Very impressive. Beats the hell out of my bash-scripting abilities.

Diziet Sma wrote:

I use what I believe is a simpler and safer method which has the added benefit of being even faster and putting far less workload on the hard-drive.

Diziet Sma wrote:

And the only drive-activity involved is the renaming of two shortcuts whenever you execute the script!

GGShinobi wrote:

The only flaw I see is that I've found a typo in your bash script:

~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/MnAddOns
I believe this should be "MainAddOns" But as I said: very elegant your solution!

Diziet Sma wrote:

Thank you for the kind compliments!

GGShinobi wrote:

The only flaw I see is that I've found a typo in your bash script:

~/GNUstep/Applications/Oolite/MnAddOns
I believe this should be "MainAddOns" But as I said: very elegant your solution!

Actually, I went back and edited the post to explain that. It's actually very important that it NOT be "MainAddOns" as that folder already exists. If you attempt to rename the shortcut to "MainAddOns" it will fail, as that file already exists. "MnAddOns" is a temporary "holding" name, until you change back to normal.

For the same reason, the shortcut for TestingAddOns is renamed to TestAddOns. If this isn't done, the script would encounter an error when it attempts to rename the AddOns shortcut to TestingAddOns, as a folder with that name already exists.

Smivs wrote:

I just wanted to compliment you both for being so complimentary!

Smivs wrote:

I just wanted to compliment you both for being so complimentary!

Diziet Sma wrote:

Smivs wrote:

I just wanted to compliment you both for being so complimentary!

Heck.. GGShinobi is waaaayy ahead of my poor skills.. I'm just very thankful that he didn't mind me stealing his thunder.

Thargoid wrote:

Another method is just to rename the <oxpMainFolder>.oxp folder to <oxpMainFolder>.disabled (ie remove the .oxp from the end, and optionally replace it with .disabled to make it more obvious that it's not active). If the folder doesn't end in .oxp then the game will ignore it and anything that's inside it.

Also the search is recursive, so if you have a folder unstable.oxp containing all your under test OXPs (each within their own .oxp name-ended subfolder), you can quickly deactivate the whole lot by renaming the umbrella unstable.oxp folder. And file/folder renaming is quicker than moving things about (usually).

Diziet Sma wrote:

Where that gets a pain is when you wish to also disable certain OXPs before testing. You need to move or rename them. Having dual AddOns folders lets you keep a separate set tailored to your testing needs without messing with your everyday playing set. And I can type 'swapaddons' faster than I can rename even one folder, let alone two..