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 ==== Install the Scripts ==== ==== Install the Scripts ====
  
-Download the [[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script|Blocks scripting]] github repo as a ZIP file. This is done witht he green //code// button on github.+Download the [[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script|Blocks scripting]] github repo as a ZIP file. This is done from a menu opened  with the green //code// button.
  
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-:!: Please make a security copy of the script directory before installing or update.  If you already have some of the files or directories matching those obtained from github on your computer, you need to merge the files with the existing ones, replacing any conflicting files as appropriate, normally the files coming from pixilab github repo is the ones to use. The exemption may be files that have been customized by the user without changing the names.   +Decompress the zip file. 
- +:!: Please make a security copy of the script directory before installing or updating this directory. The //script// directory is located inside PIXILAB-Blocks-root in your home directory.  
-Decompress it into your //script// directory. This is located inside PIXILAB-Blocks-root in your home directory (assuming Blocks has been installed and used on this computer). +Normally any files in there should be overwritten by the new updated ones. 
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 Once this is done, your PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script directory should contain at least the following items Once this is done, your PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script directory should contain at least the following items
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 The first three items shown above are directories, containing the files obtained from github. They may contain additional files and directories if you had driver or other scripts installed before. The first three items shown above are directories, containing the files obtained from github. They may contain additional files and directories if you had driver or other scripts installed before.
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 +:!: Please note that files made available to Blocks, which means files copied from the archive i.e drivers-archive to drivers is not updated automatically, such files must be copied from the archive to the activate directory manually. Currently that applies to user, driver, and feed directories.
  
 ==== Running VSCode for the First Time ==== ==== Running VSCode for the First Time ====