doc/directories_en.txt                                      2023-06-06
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DIRECTORIES-DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTORIES-INSTALLED-Linux
DIRECTORIES-INSTALLED-MS-Win



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DIRECTORIES-DEVELOPMENT:
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Basedirectory Default is ~/devel/gcad3d/

  src/APP         aux-sources - testProgs
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     /UIX         build unix-executables; "./do help"
     |            build MS-Windows--executables; "do help"
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     /DEB         build debian-package (makefiles); 
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     /RPM         build rpm-package (not active; no gtk2_glarea-lib)
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     /MSVC        build MS-VC-Windows-executable (not active; was used for Win-32-bit)

  debian/         create debian-package

  pack_MSYS/      create MS-Windows-package

  rpm/            create rpm-package (not active; no gtk2_glarea-lib)

  icons           icons

  doc             documentation

  packages        install-packages




FILES-DEVELOPMENT:

  examples.gz     DemoModels, initial-setupfiles





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DIRECTORIES-INSTALLED-Linux:
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Basedirectory - Default is ~/gCAD3D/ - gcad_dir_local
  cfg_Linux/    configfiles; eg dir.lst
  dat/          default-model-directory; symbolic-name is "Data"
  ctlg/         default-catalog-files; symbolic-name is "CATALOG"
  prg/          application-programs (CAD-script-programs); symbolic-name is "APPLI"
  tmp/          temporary used files

/usr/bin/gcad3d                        startscript
/usr/lib/gcad3d/Linux_x86_64/          binaries    - gcad_dir_bin
/usr/share/gcad3d/                     examples.gz gcad3d.desktop
/usr/share/gcad3d/icons/               icons       - gcad_dir_ico
/usr/share/gcad3d/doc/                 doc         - gcad_dir_doc


  This symbols can be set in startscript:
    gcad_dir_bin     (Def. = /usr/lib/gcad3d/Linux_x86_64/)
    gcad_dir_bas     (Def. = /usr/share/gcad3d/)
    gcad_dir_ico     (Def. = ${gcad_dir_bas}/icons/)
    gcad_dir_doc     (Def. = ${gcad_dir_bas}/doc/)
    gcad_dir_local   (Def. = ${HOME}/gCAD3D/)


If file $HOME/gCAD3D/cfg_Linux/gCAD3D.rc does not exist:
  /usr/share/gcad3d/examples.zip will be extracted,
  - this will overwrite all startup-userfiles with the original version,
  - also the user-config-files  in $HOME/gCAD3D/cfg_Linux/ !






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DIRECTORIES-INSTALLED-MS-Win:
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Basedirectory Default is %APPDATA%\gCAD3D\ - gcad_dir_local
  cfg_MSYS\     configfiles; eg dir.lst
  dat\          default-model-directory; symbolic-name is "Data"
  ctlg\         default-catalog-files; symbolic-name is "CATALOG"
  prg\          application-programs (CAD-script-programs); symbolic-name is "APPLI"
  tmp\          temporary used files

%ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\                    gCAD3D.bat, examples.gz (initial-setupfiles)
%ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\bin_MINGW_x86_64\   binaries    - gcad_dir_bin
%ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\icons\              icons       - gcad_dir_ico
%ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\doc\                doc         - gcad_dir_doc


  This symbols can be set in startscript:
    gcad_dir_bin     (Def. = %ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\bin_MINGW_x86_64\)
    gcad_dir_bas     (Def. = %ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\)
    gcad_dir_ico     (Def. = %ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\icons\)
    gcad_dir_local   (Def. = %APPDATA%\gCAD3D\)

If file %APPDATA%/gCAD3D/cfg_MSYS/gCAD3D.rc does not exist:
  %ProgramFiles%\gCAD3D\examples.zip will be extracted,
  the defaultfiles will be copied into %APPDATA%/gCAD3D/cfg_MSYS/.



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