1. Executable Name Changes in SVN rev 1709 and 1713.
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Apr 04, 2009
- 1307 views
Euphoria is becoming more cross-platform every day. A while ago we changed the file extension standard (nothing is enforced w/extensions, it's just the standard) to be more cross-platform friendly. Today we changed the executable names. This is also a move from making DOS the primary target of Euphoria to making Windows and Unix variants (Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, SunOS) the primary targets. Here are the changes:
| New Name | Old Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| eui.exe | exwc.exe | Euphoria Interpreter |
| euiw.exe | exw.exe | Euphoria Interpreter - Windowed |
| euid.exe | ex.exe | Euphoria Interpreter - DOS |
| euc.exe | ecw.exe | Euphoria Compiler |
| eucd.exe | ec.exe | Euphoira Compiler - DOS |
| eub.exe | backendc.exe | Euphoria Backend |
| eubw.exe | backendw.exe | Euphoria Backend - Windowed |
| eubd.exe | backendd.exe | Euphoria Backend - DOS |
| eu.lib | ecw.lib | Euphoria Library |
| eud.lib | ec.lib | Euphoria Library - DOS |
Unix naming has undergone the same changes:
| New Name | Old Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| eui | exu | Euphoria Interpreter |
| euc | ecu | Euphoria Compiler |
| eub | backendu | Euphoria Backend |
| eu.a | ecu.a | Euphoria Library |
Just as a refresher, the extension naming:
| Extension | Meaning |
|---|---|
| .ex | Euphoria executable source file (i.e. main program) |
| .exw | Euphoria Windowed executable source file |
| .exd | Euphoria DOS-only executable source file |
| .e | Euphoria include file |
Do not confuse .exw with Microsoft Windows. .exw is a "Windowed" program, or in other words has Graphical User Interface as opposed to a Console Interface. You can have a .exw file on Linux that uses GTK, wxWidgets, Iup, QT, etc... They are GUI applications on Non-Microsoft OS'es, they should use .exw.
NOTE: If you are building from SVN revisions, when you upgrade to 1709, in order to build, you must rename your existing exwc.exe file to eui.exe.
Jeremy
2. Re: Executable Name Changes in SVN rev 1709 and 1713.
- Posted by ChrisB (moderator) May 25, 2009
- 1041 views
Hi
Ran into trouble testing out the latest builds of eu because of these name changes. Kind of in a flux situation I know, and one day it will settles down, in the meantime, for anyone that doesn't want to upset their associations and paths, then just copy and paste this into a text file, save it as 000_uold.bat, and run it every time tou update the binaries. That way your old programs will still be able to find it.
- Batch file to 'update' old style names from new style names
- for euphoria 4.xx
- do this after installing an update to eu 4.xx from eubins
- or possible newer installs
copy eui.exe exwc.exe copy euiw.ew exw.exe copy euid.exe ex.exe copy copy euc.exe ecw.exe copy eub.exe backendc.exe copy eubw.exe backendw.exe copy eubd.exe backendd.exe copy eu.lib ecw.lib copy eud.lib ec.lib
Chris
3. Re: Executable Name Changes in SVN rev 1709 and 1713.
- Posted by ChrisB (moderator) May 25, 2009
- 1032 views
Sorry, here's the previewed readable version
# Batch file to 'update' old style names from new style names # for euphoria 4.xx # do this after installing an update to eu 4.xx from eubins # or possible newer installs copy eui.exe exwc.exe copy euiw.ew exw.exe copy euid.exe ex.exe copy euc.exe ecw.exe copy eub.exe backendc.exe copy eubw.exe backendw.exe copy eubd.exe backendd.exe copy eu.lib ecw.lib copy eud.lib ec.lib
