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Understanding how the Arduino IDE sets up its file directory system can spare you some confusion when it comes to saving, organizing and opening your Arduino sketches (or sketches you have downloaded from the internet). This week’s episode covers the following: The Arduino Sketchbook folder How to change the default location where your Arduino sketches get saved What happens when an Arduino file does not have an enclosing sketch folder of the same name Where and how multiple tabs get saved in an Arduino sketch Why the pancreas of a woodchuck is better suited than our own Want to fast-track your Arduino skills? Click here to join our 12-part HD Video Course.   You are probably familiar with a file directory system on a computer. It's usually represented as a hierarchy of folders and files. An example would be your C Drive - inside the C drive, you may have a folder for Applications, Users, and Systems files. Inside the Users folder, you might have subfolders for Documents, Downloads, Music, etc. All the files on the computer get organized in this fashion, and Arduino sketches are no exception. The Arduino Sketchbook Folder and Changing the Default Save Location The default location where Arduino sketches you write will be saved is called the Sketchbook. The Sketchbook is simply a folder on your computer like any other. It acts as a handy repository for sketches and is also where add-on code libraries get saved. You can see the sketches in the Sketchbook folder by going to File > Sketchbook. The default name of the Sketchbook folder is “Arduino” and the default location of the Sketchbook folder is in the “My Documents” folder (or just “Documents” for Mac users). If your Sketchbook does not appear to be in this default location, you can see exactly where it is by opening the Arduino IDE and going to Arduino > Preferences. The default file path for your sketches is listed at the top of Arduino Preferences window. Mine is: /Users/michaelJames/Documents/Arduino When I save a file in the Arduino IDE, this “Arduino” folder is the default location where the sketch will be saved, unless I choose to change that location by selecting a different folder on my computer's directory. If you want to change this default location, you click the Browse button next to the file directory path and choose a different place. Pretty simple. Sketch Folders If you go into your file directory system and open up the Sketchbook folder (again, named “Arduino” by default), you may see a bunch of folders that you didn’t make. This is because every Arduino file must be inside a folder that has the same name as the file (there are some exceptions to this that we'll talk about in a moment). Let me say that one more time because it is really important to understand. Every Arduino file must be inside a folder that has the same name as the file When I write a new sketch and save it, the Arduino IDE automatically creates a new folder that has the exact same name as the sketch itself. The Arduino file (which has the extension .ino) is placed inside this enclosing folder, which is called a sketch folder. If you go into the Sketchbook folder and change the name of the enclosing folder, it will create some issues. The first issue is that when you go to File > Sketchbook, the sketch will no longer show up! If you want to open this sketch you need to go to the .ino file in your directory and open it from there. If you open a .ino file that is not inside an enclosing sketch folder of the exact same name, then you will get a pop-up from the Arduino IDE that says: “The file “sketch_name.ino” needs to be inside a sketch folder named “sketch_name”. Create this folder, move the file, and continue?” If you choose Cancel, the sketch will not open. If you choose OK, then a folder gets created (it will have the same name as the sketch) and the .ino file is placed inside it. This sketch folder will be created in whatever directory the .ino file was that you tried to open. For example, if you tried to open a .ino file that was in your My Downloads folder, then the enclosing sketch folder also will be created inside the My Downloads folder. Saving Tabs in Arduino The exception to the rule about the sketch folder having the same name as the .ino file is when you create multiple tabs in an Arduino sketch. The additional tabs do NOT need to bear the same name as the enclosing sketch folder. Once you get a handle on some of these intricacies of the Arduino IDE file system, it can really help to clear things up. Please take a moment to leave a comment if you have any insights or thoughts about this tutorial. I would love to hear them!

Chilean novelist and poet Alejandro Zambra is the author of the novels "Ways of Going Home," "The Private Lives of Trees," and "Bonsai," which was awarded Chile's Literary Critics Award for Best Novel of 2006, and the short story collection, "My Documents." Short stories and articles by Zambra have been featured in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper's, Tin House, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Vice, Zoetrope, The Virginia Quarterly Review and Rattapallax. To listen to this podcast on iTunes, visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/trini%E2%80%A6ege/id1057966315

Sep. 5, 2015. Four diverse authors from Chile and Mexico talk about how they deal with time in every sense of the word: in creating fictional characters, in shaping a plot, in making an argument, and in the actual writing of a book at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Álvaro Enrigue is a celebrated Mexican author. He has written 10 fiction books, two of which are now available in English translations: "Perpendicular Lives" and "Hypothermia." Enrigue received the prestigious Joaquin Mortiz Prize for his first novel, "La muerte de un instalador," as well as the coveted Herralde Prize for his most recent book. His commentary in English has been published in The New York Times, the Believer and the London Review of Books. His most recent award-winning book, "Muerte súbita," will be available in the English translation "Sudden Death" in 2016. Enrigue lives in New York, where he alternates between teaching at Princeton and Columbia universities. Speaker Biography: Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning Mexican author as well as a professor and director of the MFA creative writing program at the University of California, San Diego. She has written six novels, three collections of short stories, five volumes of poetry and three nonfiction books. Her work has been translated from the original Spanish into various languages, including English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Korean. Garza is the only author who has received the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize twice, and her other awards include the Anna Seghers and the Roger Caillois Award. She is best known for her novel "Nadie me verá llorar," which is available in the English translation "No One Will See Me Cry" by Andrew Hurley. Another of her recent works is the novel "Lo anterior." Garza has also written extensively on the social history of mental illness in early 20th century Mexico and her work has been published in academic journals and edited volumes throughout the United States, England, Argentina and Mexico. Speaker Biography: María José Navia is a Chilean author with a degree in Hispanic literature and linguistics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a degree in humanities and social thought from New York University. Her scholarly research interests range from trauma and pop-modernism to critical theory and urban studies. Navia has written various short stories, articles and books, including the novel "SANT." She is also a regular volunteer at 826DC, where she helps lead storytelling and bookmaking field trips in Spanish. Her latest book, "Instrucciones para ser feliz," is available in the original Spanish and delivers contemplative reflection on the essence of modern human existence and some guidelines for happiness. Currently, Navia is pursuing a doctorate at Georgetown University's department of Spanish and Portuguese. Speaker Biography: Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean novelist and poet. He is the author of the novels "Ways of Going Home," "The Private Lives of Trees" and "Bonsai." He has twice received the National Council on Books and Reading Prize for the best novel of the year and was named one of the best young Spanish-language novelists by Granta in 2010. His writing has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, Harper's and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. His newest book is the short story collection "My Documents." He recently became a fellow at the Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6969

Sep. 5, 2015. Alejandro Zambra discusses "My Documents" with Gwen Kirkpatrick at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean novelist and poet. He is the author of the novels "Ways of Going Home," "The Private Lives of Trees" and "Bonsai." He has twice received the National Council on Books and Reading Prize for the best novel of the year and was named one of the best young Spanish-language novelists by Granta in 2010. His writing has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, Harper's and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. His newest book is the short story collection "My Documents." He recently became a fellow at the Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6973