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please computer | make me design
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    This is part of the please "computer | make me design" documentation.
    Copyright 2010, Ivan Monroy Lopez, Stéphanie Vilayphiou, Alexandre Leray
    and Ludivine Loiseau
    See the file licences/fdl-1.3.txt for copying conditions.


Project
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"please computer | make me design" was originally the source package for the
"Screen Party" of April 22, 2010 at ESAPV Mons, proposed by Open Source
Publishing. "please computer | make me design" is an introduction to the
command line through graphic design, writing and concrete poetry.  This package
gathers reference texts, tutorials and a collection of scripts. It was created
to facilitate collaboration, but also to be increased later on, for example
through other workshops.


Getting Started
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- Place this folder in your working folder
- Open a Terminal window
    - On MacOS:
      - Go to Applications/Utilities/Terminal
    - On Ubuntu:
      - Go to Applications/Accessories/Terminal
- Go into your working folder (telling the path to your terminal):
    $ cd /Volumes/your-hard-drive/.../your-folder/
    (`cd` stands for 'change directory')
      - *TIP* The TAB key allows you to auto-complete folder names and file, so
        you do not need to know the hard disk tree and file names by heart!
- Go to the 'scripts' folder in the "PleaseMakeMeDesign" package 
    $ cd pleasemakemedesign/scripts


Alternative way (Avoid writing the whole path by hand)
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- Place this file in your working folder
- Open a Terminal window
    - On MacOS:
      - Go to Applications/Utilities/Terminal
    - On Ubuntu:
      - Go to Applications/Accessories/Terminal
- Type `cd ` (space is important !)
- Find the package folder in the Finder 
- Drag and drop this folder in the Terminal
- Press Enter


Tips
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- `../` means higher directory in the filesystem hierarchy
- type `-h` or `--help` after the name of a program allows to view the help text
- type `man program-name` to read the manual for this program


Experiment
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You can now test the command lines described in the file
'references/initiation.html' or 'recipes/dutch_way.html' Do not be afraid of
losing files or launch a dangerous command. Besides the orders `rm` and `>`,
nothing changes your files.  `rm` deletes a file (use with caution because the
file is deleted directly without going through the trash !).  The command `>`
saves the output in a file.

- To call a file located in a subfolder, type :
    $ my-directory/my-file.txt
- To call a file in a folder above, type :
    $ ../my-file.txt