1. RE: nicer Install? (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
> Well, I did it in part. Windows installer, setting file
> relations, icons and so on. Then I'd have to make settings
> at autoexec.bat so I'd need a small app to
> do it. Than came this big translation work so I'm out of
> time but I can work on weekends if it will help you.
Why would a pure Windows program need to modify autoexec.bat?!
2. RE: nicer Install? (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
Irv Mullins wrote:
> On Monday 11 February 2002 07:19 am, Rod Jackson wrote:
>
> > A Windows-style installer sounds like a good idea. Not that Rob
> > necessarily needs to do it, if someone else can. It would help alot, at
> > least to the newbies in the programming realm (we can't expect them all
> > to jump in on their own.)
>
> The installation is a big turn-off for lots of people. Not just those
> who
> don't know how to install a program, but also for those who are quite
> capable
> of doing it themselves, but who are expecting a professionally prepared
> package.
<snip>
> My suggestion, provide separate downloads for :
> DOS (~600K),
> Windows (with Win32Lib and Judith's IDE - under 2 megs) and
> Linux (~600k).
I second this.
Rod Jackson
3. RE: nicer Install? (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
None at all. I tried to make it work for both DOS and Windows. Anyway,
I'll make a new installation for 2.3 and put it on Web for anyone who
wants it.
On 12 Feb 2002, at 20:34, C. K. Lester wrote:
>
> > Well, I did it in part. Windows installer, setting file
> > relations, icons and so on. Then I'd have to make settings
> > at autoexec.bat so I'd need a small app to
> > do it. Than came this big translation work so I'm out of
> > time but I can work on weekends if it will help you.
>
> Why would a pure Windows program need to modify autoexec.bat?!
>
