Add Processing to the PATH on Windows for easy CLI access

[Mathew-D]

Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?

Utilities, Core/Environment/Rendering

Processing version

4.4.3

Operating system

Windows

Steps to reproduce this

processing cli --sketch=c:\test\shapes --run

snippet

void setup() {
size(500,500)
}

void draw() {

}

Additional context

The cli command works great in Linux but doesn't exist in windows.

Would you like to work on the issue?

no

[Stefterv]

Hi @Mathew-D yes we are not yet adding the Processing cli to the command line directly. You can use it by using the full Processing path:

 & "C:\Program Files\Processing\Processing.exe" cli --sketch=... 

We'll research later how to add it directly to the console

& "C:\Program Files\Processing\Processing.exe" --help 2>&1 | Out-String 

To see the cli output

[Stefterv]

To add more info if someone wants to pick up this issue, we would need a method added to WindowsPlatform that will add C:\Program Files\Processing\ to the PATH environment variable or similar to how it works on macOS with a custom script in a directory that is included in PATH by default.

[Stefterv]

Would also be worthwhile to look if adding to the PATH can be added to the Wix Toolset installer.

[Mathew-D]

When I try: C:\processing\processing cli --sketch="c:\Users\mathew\Downloads\test" --run
I get Failed JVM with the portable version put into the "C:\processing" folder
With the Windows installed version running the command:
"C:\Program Files\Processing\Processing.exe" cli --sketch="C:\Users\mathew\Downloads\test" --run

The IDE opens with a blank file.

[Stefterv]

For the second one starting with the & is important because the path has a space in it

[Stefterv]

Also important to check if both versions are 4.4.3 as that's where the CLI was introduced

[Mathew-D]

The portable was 4.4.3. I mistaken got the installed version from the site so it was only 4.4.1 but I just uninstalled and installed the prerelease from github and the mistake I had was missing a ; on the one line and that was giving me Failed to Launch JVM without any errors being passed back.

[jdebou]

Hi, I think this can be done through the wix installer by adding a quiet execution custom action. Maybe this can be an optional choice in the installer? I would be happy to work on this.