Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 396)

396 Chapter 14 Customizing Shake
8 In the text document, create the following file (if you’re reading this in the PDF version
of the user manual, you can copy the following and paste it into the text document)
and edit the information.
Note: The following is an example file for instructional purposes only.
<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM “file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs
PropertyList.dtd”>
<plist version=“0.9”>
<dict>
<key>
MyProject </key>
<string> /Documents/MyBigFilm </string>
<key>NR_INCLUDE_PATH</key>
<string>
/Documents/MyBigFilm/ macros</string>
<key>NR_ICON_PATH</key>
<string>
/Documents/MyBigFilm/ icons</string>
</dict>
</plist>
This sets the variable MyProject to /Documents/MyBigFilm. This tells Shake that all files
associated with MyProject (that could be a script, directory, and so on) are located in
/Documents/MyBigFilm. As a result, if you type MyProject in the browser, it returns
/Documents/MyBigFilm, and can then be set as a favorite. This file also sets the
NR_INCLUDE_PATH (points to the directory or directories that you want Shake to scan
for macros and personal machine or user interface settings), and NR_ICON_PATH (points
to a directory where you can save your own icons for Shake functions).
9 In TextEdit, choose Format > Make Plain Text.
The document is converted to a .txt file.
10 Choose File > Save.
11 In the “Save as” field of the Untitled.txt window, enter:
environment.plist
Be sure to remove the .txt file extension.
12 Save the file to your Home directory (in TextEdit, choose Home from the Where pop-up
menu), then click Save.
13 In the Save Plain Text window, click “Don’t append.”
The file is saved in your Home directory with the extension .plist.
14 Quit TextEdit.
In order for Shake and your system to access the environment variables, the
environment.plist file must be saved to the .MacOSX directory (created in step 3).
15 To save the environment.plist file to your .MacOSX directory, move the file (using the
Terminal) from your Home directory to the .MacOSX directory. In the Terminal, do the
following: