# Idea: cabbagelite examples

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106>\
**Category:** Cabbage Stew\
**Created:** [8 September 2020 17:13 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106 "2020-09-08T17:13:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/t_grey/32/1234_2.png) [@t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/t_grey)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 17:13 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/1 "2020-09-08T17:13:16Z")

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I know you’re working to eventually phase out cabbagelite eventually in favor of a combined experience in one binary…

But if it’s not too much work, would it be possible to have the examples menu available in c-lite? I was thinking perhaps right below “Open Csound file”…

 ![image](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c272e6e1e4838e773d56db3b9d98eae540862d4.png)

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 17:59 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/2 "2020-09-08T17:59:05Z")

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I’m afraid this would actually be quite a bit of work, as they are two very different components. CabbageLite uses a simple popup menu, while Cabbage uses a MenuBar. So I would need to implement it from scratch…

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**Author:** ![t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/t_grey/32/1234_2.png) [@t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/t_grey)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 18:02 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/3 "2020-09-08T18:02:32Z")

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Oh well. Would a way to launch an OS browser (finder/explorer/etc) to the example directory be possible as an alternate solution?

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 18:35 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/4 "2020-09-08T18:35:37Z")

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Possibly, but I’m not sure I can open a browser at a location contained within a bundle. Also, I don’t want to start shipping all the examples with **CabbageLite**. If I did I might have to start calling it **CabbageHeavy** …

I get that it’s a little awkward to open them considering they are contained within the Cabbage.app bundle. If you want easy access to the example files you can just clone the repo?

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**Author:** ![t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/t_grey/32/1234_2.png) [@t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/t_grey)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 20:42 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/5 "2020-09-08T20:42:41Z")

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Yeah, I already have it copied outside of the package… I was just looking for a more quick & portable solution. But yeah, if it’s much more than a few minutes effort it really isn’t worth it. I’m not sure if _anyone_ else uses lite, but I live and die by it 😉

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**Author:** ![t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/t_grey/32/1234_2.png) [@t\_grey](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/t_grey)\
**Post date:** [8 September 2020 20:46 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/idea-cabbagelite-examples/2106/6 "2020-09-08T20:46:23Z")

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> [@rorywalsh](#):
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> I don’t want to start shipping all the examples with **CabbageLite**. If I did I might have to start calling it **CabbageHeavy** …

Oh, by the way, at least on OSX:

```csound
$ find /Applications/CabbageLite.app/Contents/Examples | wc -l
     324

```

🤣