Method Base

app/src/processing/app/Base.java:353–434

(String[] args)

  public Base(String[] args) throws Exception {
    ContributionManager.init(this);

    buildCoreModes();
    rebuildContribModes();
    rebuildContribExamples();

    // Needs to happen after the sketchbook folder has been located.
    // Also relies on the modes to be loaded so it knows what can be
    // marked as an example.
//    recent = new Recent(this);
    Recent.init(this);

    String lastModeIdentifier = Preferences.get("mode.last"); //$NON-NLS-1$
    if (lastModeIdentifier == null) {
      nextMode = getDefaultMode();
      Messages.log("Nothing set for last.sketch.mode, using default."); //$NON-NLS-1$
    } else {
      for (Mode m : getModeList()) {
        if (m.getIdentifier().equals(lastModeIdentifier)) {
          Messages.logf("Setting next mode to %s.", lastModeIdentifier); //$NON-NLS-1$
          nextMode = m;
        }
      }
      if (nextMode == null) {
        nextMode = getDefaultMode();
        Messages.logf("Could not find mode %s, using default.", lastModeIdentifier); //$NON-NLS-1$
      }
    }

    //contributionManagerFrame = new ContributionManagerDialog();

    // Make sure ThinkDifferent has library examples too
    nextMode.rebuildLibraryList();

    // Put this after loading the examples, so that building the default file
    // menu works on Mac OS X (since it needs examplesFolder to be set).
    Platform.initBase(this);

//    toolsFolder = getContentFile("tools");

//    // Check if there were previously opened sketches to be restored
//    boolean opened = restoreSketches();
    boolean opened = false;

    // Check if any files were passed in on the command line
    for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
      Messages.logf("Parsing command line... args[%d] = '%s'", i, args[i]);

      String path = args[i];
      // Fix a problem with systems that use a non-ASCII languages. Paths are
      // being passed in with 8.3 syntax, which makes the sketch loader code
      // unhappy, since the sketch folder naming doesn't match up correctly.
      // http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
      if (Platform.isWindows()) {
        try {
          File file = new File(args[i]);
          path = file.getCanonicalPath();