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Getting code_swarm to work
#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
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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

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