StartupFile.anme

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:39 am

Hi all,
I'm recently being a beta tester of AS for linux. I've not noticed big differences with Moho 5.4 apart of new entries in File menu and the StartUp file.

About Start up file I have substitute it for my own startup file. I deleted the original one and substitute it with a new empty one.

I've notice a anoying thing. When just start AS and open this StartupFile.anme, It moves the time cursor to frame 1. It is particulary anoying because I usually open AS and start to draw. Later when go to frame 0 logicaly everything dissapear ( were created at frame 1).
Do you have same problem?. If so I will sugest to e-frontier to avoid it for next version.
I think that the reason to do that is that the original StarupFile.anme is a sample of character and programmers did not want the noob user to see a character teared to pieces.

ulrik · Post by **ulrik** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:15 am

Yes it behaves the same in osx on mac, it would be nice if it open up on frame 0, I also start to draw at once and end up with everything on frame 1.

Jimmy · Post by **Jimmy** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:40 pm

Hi,
I know it is not really a solution for you two, but maybe it helps to set "Highlight frame 0" in Menu> Edit> Preferences> Options.
It creates an red rectangle around the workspace to indicate to be on frame 0.

Jimmy

Jimmy · Post by **Jimmy** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:14 pm

Hi,
don't know if it's working on LINUX or MACOS, but in windows one could drag and drop an anme- file from (let's say on desktop or in a folder) to the link (the icon) of the program (also at desktop or in a folder) and it starts with this file opend ...

Jimmy

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:15 pm

@jimmy: In Mac OS X this only works if AS is already open. If the program is not running and you drop an .anme file on the AS icon in the Dock, or you double-click an .anme file in Finder (equivalent to Windows Explorer), you'll get the startup .anme file, and not the file you want.

This is very annoying. I hope it will be fixed in a next update.

Touched · Post by **Touched** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:07 am

Try just deleting the startup file entirely.

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:34 am

Touched wrote:Try just deleting the startup file entirely.

That only means AS starts with a blank project page, irrespective if you start by clicking an AS document in Finder or not. This is different from what happens on the PC (Windows, Linux).

Touched · Post by **Touched** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:56 am

Yes, in Windows, this starts a blank project, starting on frame 0, which I thought was the original poster's desire. This doesn't work in Linux?

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:32 am

Ah, I thought from the previous posts about this subject, that AS functioned differently among platforms when starting AS by double-clicking an icon. Apparently, we all have the same problem.

I wished there was an option in the Preference menu to turn off opening a default file at start up.

And now I'm on my wish list before Christmas, I also want AS to behave like a daemon, like so many apps on unix like operating systems (Mac OS X, any of the Gnome desktop Linux distros). You could have several projects open at the same time and drag (or copy through the pasteboard) objects from one window to another.

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:57 pm

Touched wrote:Yes, in Windows, this starts a blank project, starting on frame 0, which I thought was the original poster's desire. This doesn't work in Linux?

Yes it works. Erasing StartupFile.anime makes AS to starts with an empty fil at frame 0. But it gets back to Moho 5.4 and StarupFile concept dissapears.

CoffeeStained · Post by **CoffeeStained** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:29 am

About half of my annoyances with Anime Studio were erased as soon as I erased Startupfaile.anme. I wish Winston were real so I could throttle him.

Rhoel · Post by **Rhoel** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:11 pm

Touched wrote:Try just deleting the startup file entirely.

That doesn't help if you are using a different frame format/safety guide frames (Which I have in my start-up file).

Be good if the Frame 0 was remembered or addressable in a config file.

Could it be scripted? As in having a script tagged to the startup file forcing a frame 0 start?

Rhoel

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:38 pm

Rhoel wrote:
Touched wrote:Try just deleting the startup file entirely.
Could it be scripted? As in having a script tagged to the startup file forcing a frame 0 start?

Rhoel

It could be I think. It would probably a simple matter of adding in a function in the utility script to check for a "new file" (not saved) and going to frame 0.
I have to do something very similar with my bone groups set of tools. When creating new from a startup file it has different "properties" than just an "plain" new file created while in AS.

EDIT:
Actually a new file from the startup file has a name, but when you save it it asks for a NEW name. This would be the "hook" for scripting the "fix". I will look into it.

-vern

CoffeeStained · Post by **CoffeeStained** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:43 pm

After deleting the startupfile.anme, you can just alter the 'plain' file's project settings and click the 'Save as Default' button though, no? I prefer to work at 16:9, so I just saved it as the default for new files. It works.

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:26 pm

That works, but some people have CONTENT in the start up file. You can't do that by saving the defaults.

For instance if you are working on a large ongoing project you could use a specific startup file that has pre-loaded styles and layers already in place.

It does seem odd to me that the startup file is only used... at startup. Shouldn't it be used as well when creating a new file in the application? That would be really useful.

-vern