Getting code_swarm to work

gistfile1.sh

#Notes:
#~/Code/shifts is a github project I've been working on
#

## Complete prerequisites on https://github.com/rictic/code_swarm

## Clone the repo, patch it
cd ~/Code
git clone git://github.com/rictic/code_swarm.git
# one commit was giving me trouble, and I don't know how to pull request a better solution
git revert f15334b

## Setup code_swarm command = add code_swarm to .bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/caseywatts/Code/code_swarm/bin
# Open a new terminal window to get the changes to .bashrc


## go to the directory of an existing project and run code_swarm
cd ~/Code/shifts
code_swarm

## Cancel it or wait until the end

## Edit the .config (in the projects folder) so that it will record images
mvim .code_swarm/project.config
TakeSnapshots=true

## run it again
cd ~/Code/shifts
code_swarm

#to create the video
cd /Users/caseywatts/Code/code_swarm/code_swarm_frames
ffmpeg -f image2 -r 24 -i %05d.png -sameq ./out.mov -pass 2

#Before making the next video, you have to delete the frames from code_swarm_frames

Just tried this again, here's what it took lol

• I didn't have to revert that commit this time
• when I ran code_swarm it couldn't find _CGContextSetAllowsAcceleration
  • I had to update my system java from java.com but that didn't work (where did it install to??)
  • I updated from Apple's site
• then I got the error [Fatal Error] log.xml:1:1: Premature end of file.
  • I solved this by deleting the .code_swarm/log.xml from the directory I was in.
• then I got the error Exception in thread "Animation Thread" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access field processing.core.PFont.size from class code_swarm which seems to come from
  • solved by going back to commit 70867b3a
• did the snapshots=true change and voilá!

Put these errors and solutions into github issues so it might help other people! Now you can search the repo for these errors if/when they happen to see a solution.

rictic/code_swarm#15
rictic/code_swarm#16
rictic/code_swarm#17