How to start OpenSesame

GregReese

The first sentence of Step 1 of the beginner tutorial starts with "When you start OpenSesame, ..." but it doesn't say how to start the program. How do I do that?

gerhono

Hi GregReese,

Your question seems to indicate that your are not familiar with the computer environment. Is it right ?

Did you already download and install the OpenSesame program on your computer ?

Cheers,

Gérard

GregReese

Hi Gérard,

I installed OpenSesame with the command

pip install python-opensesame

As far as I can tell it installed. Now how do I run it?

Thank you.

Greg Reese

gerhono

Hi Greg,

I am sorry I can't help you further with the pip installation because I have installed the program with the Windows installer package.

If you are using another operating system (Linux ?) you will need assistance from Sebastiaan and his colleagues.

Cheers,

Gérard

GregReese

Hi Gerard,

I'm on Windows. Let me try installing it with the Windows installer package, as you did.

Greg Reese

GregReese

Gerard,

Okay, I used the Windows installer package, found the filet opensesame.bat and when I run it, I get the screen shown in the beginner's tutorial. Does that sound correct?

Thanks.

Greg Reese

eduard

Hi Greg, Yes, that sounds correct. From there you can open an existing experiment or start a new one. NOrmally, there should also be a shortlink somewhere in the Menu, so that you don't have to navigate to the bat file always.

Eduard