Add Manim Project Creating Subcommand

[naveen521kk]

How about a sub command for example, manim new project, which will create a folder with some scripts assets folder and also a config file. This would be helpful for new users and we can make the users use uniform folder structure. This would surely be helpful while debugging and the users can keep the projects organised and not like I usually do.
PS. I got the idea from chocolatey.

[leotrs]

I like this idea. I'd suggest the command be manim init. What do you think this command should do? What directories should it create? How will the config file be generated? Etc. Let's flesh this out a bit more :)

[naveen521kk]

├───assets
│   ├───codes
│   ├───images
│   └───sounds
├───logs
└───media
    ├───Tex
    ├───texts
    └───videos

This command should create should project structure. The config file can be generated as a copy of default.cfg and later the users can edit it using the command introduced by #212 . This need to be discussed a lot.

[leotrs]

Yes, we'd have to discuss if we want to force/suggest a particular folder structure for the input files (what you called assets/). The output files (media/) are already enforced.

[Aathish04]

we'd have to discuss if we want to force/suggest a particular folder structure for the input files

assets/ is already the places where Manim looks for images, audio files etc.

manim/manim/mobject/svg/code_mobject.py

Lines 146 to 149 in 70c0d53

	possible_paths = [
	os.path.join(os.path.join("assets", "codes"), self.file_name),
	self.file_name,
	]

manim/manim/mobject/svg/svg_mobject.py

Lines 49 to 54 in 70c0d53

	possible_paths = [
	os.path.join(os.path.join("assets", "svg_images"), self.file_name),
	os.path.join(os.path.join("assets", "svg_images"), self.file_name + ".svg"),
	os.path.join(os.path.join("assets", "svg_images"), self.file_name + ".xdv"),
	self.file_name,
	]

manim/manim/utils/images.py

Line 12 in 70c0d53

default_dir=os.path.join("assets", "raster_images"),

manim/manim/utils/sounds.py

Line 28 in 70c0d53

default_dir=os.path.join("assets", "sounds"),

[leotrs]

Oh? Ok in that case we should document that somewhere in the mythical quickstart guide.

In that case, I'm leaning toward making a quick-and-dirty manim init command!

[Aathish04]

In that case, I'm leaning toward making a quick-and-dirty manim init command!

I just want to clarify that manim will search for assets from the current working directory, not from wherever the actual animation script is.

Before we implement manim init I think we should first ensure that manim also checks for the presence of assets folders next to the actual animation script and not just the cwd, like we are doing for the cfg file.

And like the cfg file, we could make the assets folder next to the file have the greatest priority, and the one in the cwd have the next greatest and so on.

[azarzadavila]

I'd like to contribute to this if nobody is on it. So that it gives a first idea of what it could look like.

[Aathish04]

I'd like to contribute to this if nobody is on it. So that it gives a first idea of what it could look like.

@azarzadavila
From my side, I'd just like to inform you that I'll be working on making it easier to add subcommands (adding notes, clearing up confusing code etc) and fixing some bugs in how subcommands are selected. I should take a PR doing this by this Sunday (I hope).

Please don't feel as if I'm restricting you, I'd just like to say that there will be a few changes to the code that will make it just a tiny bit easier to do this sort of stuff . You can still work on this in the meantime should you wish to.

[azarzadavila]

I'd like to contribute to this if nobody is on it. So that it gives a first idea of what it could look like.

@azarzadavila
From my side, I'd just like to inform you that I'll be working on making it easier to add subcommands (adding notes, clearing up confusing code etc) and fixing some bugs in how subcommands are selected. I should take a PR doing this by this Sunday (I hope).

Please don't feel as if I'm restricting you, I'd just like to say that there will be a few changes to the code that will make it just a tiny bit easier to do this sort of stuff . You can still work on this in the meantime should you wish to.

@Aathish04
Ah okey great. There really is no rush so I think I'll wait.

[Aathish04]

Ah okey great. There really is no rush so I think I'll wait.

@azarzadavila The PR I was talking about has been merged. You can implement manim init now!

[leotrs]

@azarzadavila are you interested in implementing this? :)