no way to configure software without creating/opening a project, can't cancel welcome screen.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open software
2. try and bypass welcome screen by click red X
3. software closes

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to be presented with a blank ide, so I can configure core, lib 
and 'favourites' paths.

there should really be a cancel button on the welcome screen and an option 
to disable the welcome screen in the config too.

it would be really useful for those migrating if you asked if people are 
migrating from say, the arduino IDE, and add the default path and provide 
a browse function for non-default installs.  This will make the transition 
for new users a lot simpler, and save winAVR servers 21MB download per 
user, unless there are other core winavr files implicitly needed by avr-
project-ide?  do you want this posted as a seperate issue?

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
alpha34, vista 64bit

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by r3gin4ld@hotmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 11:54

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This shouldn't be listed as a defect, its really a feature request.

Original comment by r3gin4ld@hotmail.com on 13 Oct 2009 at 11:55

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there's a "New Blank" button on the wizard that brings you to a blank project 
IDE.
you will, however, be asked to save a project file first, which might annoy you 
since
you just want to configure the IDE. this is a temporary workaround for you, i'll
change the behaviour soon, the need for it just never came up until now.

I'll add a check for WinAVR, and provide a download link if the user doesn't 
have it.
Including a 21MB package every time i do an update is painful for everybody.

It is not possible to check for Arduino installations, thus I avoid the issue by
including the latest core files (not an issue since it's not 21MB). the user 
does
have the option to change path to the core files so there's really nothing to 
change
there. As long as WinAVR is installed, this migration is transparent.

I want less of a tie between Arduino and more of a tie to AVR Studio since it
features simulating and debugging (hence the export .aps feature). So requiring
WinAVR makes more sense than using the binaries packaged with Arduino.

Original comment by frank.zhao.main@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2009 at 5:52

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thanks for taking a look :)  you could give the option to set the core file 
path as 
part of the install, then its not tied to arduino at all, just a generic file 
path 
for the core files, it will allow the user to transition smoothly from winavr 
or 
a.n.other environment.  

I'm developing code on some of the library files, so the standard install broke 
some 
of my apps.  I appreciate that not everyone will be doing this but some of the 
libs 
out there are quite disparate and need hand fixing from the forums etc. if a 
new 
user moves from arduino to the project then their code breaks too...

I'm not trying to push the arduino IDE into the project, its just going to 
happen, 
people will move from arduino to it, better to get some small bits sorted now 
that 
will help the transition.  Maybe I can write a wiki Q/A for you then the info 
is 
there for the user and somewhat diffuses the issue without the need for much of 
a 
code change?

Original comment by r3gin4ld@hotmail.com on 14 Oct 2009 at 8:10

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ok, see change log for alpha 35

Original comment by frank.zhao.main@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2009 at 3:11

• Changed state: FixedInUpdate
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Original comment by frank.zhao.main@gmail.com on 16 Oct 2009 at 7:26

• Changed state: FixedOld