Method addTemplateFiles

app/src/processing/app/Mode.java:251–282

Add files to a folder to create an empty sketch. This can be overridden to add template files to a sketch for Modes that need them. @param sketchFolder the directory where the new sketch should live @param sketchName the name of the new sketch @return the main file for the sketch to be opened via h

(File sketchFolder,
                               String sketchName)

   * @throws IOException if the file somehow already exists
   */
  public File addTemplateFiles(File sketchFolder,
                               String sketchName) throws IOException {
    // Make an empty .pde file
    File newbieFile =
      new File(sketchFolder, sketchName + "." + getDefaultExtension());

    try {
      // First see if the user has overridden the default template
      File templateFolder = checkSketchbookTemplate();

      // Next see if the Mode has its own template
      if (templateFolder == null) {
        templateFolder = getTemplateFolder();
      }
      if (templateFolder.exists()) {
        Util.copyDir(templateFolder, sketchFolder);
        File templateFile =
          new File(sketchFolder, "sketch." + getDefaultExtension());
        if (!templateFile.renameTo(newbieFile)) {
          System.err.println("Error while assigning the sketch template.");
        }
      } else {
        if (!newbieFile.createNewFile()) {
          System.err.println(newbieFile + " already exists.");
        }
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // just spew out this error and try to recover below
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return newbieFile;
  }


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