1. Can't get Euphoria to run
- Posted by Tom Loffman <t809 at tloffman.com>
Sep 18, 2004
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Last edited Sep 19, 2004
Hi to all..I just installed all the Euphoria files and checked that they
2. Can't get Euphoria to run
- Posted by Tom Loffman <t809 at tloffman.com>
Sep 18, 2004
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Last edited Sep 19, 2004
Hi to all...I installed Euphoria and it appears as if all the files are in the
correct directories. However, when I click on the Euphoria (Win) icon my my
desktop I am taken to a DOS screen. No matter what I type in from that prompt I
get the error message Can't open, so I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.
Please advise! Thank you, Tom
3. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
- Posted by Jim Hendricks <jim at bizcomputinginc.com>
Sep 18, 2004
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Last edited Sep 19, 2004
Tom Loffman wrote:
>
>
> Hi to all...I installed Euphoria and it appears as if all the files are in the
> correct
> directories. However, when I click on the Euphoria (Win) icon my my desktop I
> am taken
> to a DOS screen. No matter what I type in from that prompt I get the error
> message
> Can't open, so I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Please advise! Thank
> you,
> Tom
>
Hey Tom, I'm a newbee to EU also, but If I recall correctly the manual states
that the Win interpreter still opens a console and there's a statement or
setting which will allow you to turn the console off. I would look it up
for you, but I'm out the door right now to pick up some Chineese food for
the family. If this is still not answered after I feed the family, I'll
try looking it up.
Jim Hendricks
President
Biz Computing, Inc.
4. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
- Posted by CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net>
Sep 18, 2004
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Last edited Sep 19, 2004
Jim Hendricks wrote:
>
> Tom Loffman wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi to all...I installed Euphoria and it appears as if all the files are in
> > the correct
> > directories. However, when I click on the Euphoria (Win) icon my my desktop
> > I am taken
> > to a DOS screen. No matter what I type in from that prompt I get the error
> > message
> > Can't open, so I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Please advise!
> > Thank you,
> > Tom
You need to type a file name of a Euphoria program.
Or associate .EX(W) files with EX(W).exe (somone else
can explain how to do this if you don't know).
Good luck!
> >
>
> Hey Tom, I'm a newbee to EU also, but If I recall correctly the manual states
> that the Win interpreter still opens a console and there's a statement or
> setting which will allow you to turn the console off. I would look it up
This is to turn it off while running a program and the console
was opened(by puts() for example).
> for you, but I'm out the door right now to pick up some Chineese food for
> the family. If this is still not answered after I feed the family, I'll
> try looking it up.
>
> Jim Hendricks
> President
> Biz Computing, Inc.
>
5. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
- Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
Sep 18, 2004
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Last edited Sep 19, 2004
Tom Loffman wrote:
>
>
> Hi to all...I installed Euphoria and it appears as if all the files are in the
> correct
> directories. However, when I click on the Euphoria (Win) icon my my desktop I
> am taken
> to a DOS screen. No matter what I type in from that prompt I get the error
> message
> Can't open, so I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Please advise! Thank
> you,
What you are seeing is the Euphoria's prompt that one gets if they haven't
specified which program to run. It is asking you for the name of a
Euphoria program for it to run.
Assuming you installed Euphoria in the standard C:\EUPHORIA folder, you
could type in "c:\euphoria\demo\animal.ex" at the "file name to execute?"
prompt. That would run one of the demonstration programs that come
with Euphoria.
Generally, you need to create a program first, using the text editor
of your choice. There is s simple editor that comes with Euphoria. At
the "file name to execute?" prompt type in "ed". This will then ask
for the name of a file to edit. Euphoria programs generally have a
".EX" or ".EXW" file type.
Are you new to programming or new to Euphoria? There are many people
on this forum that can help in either case.
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
6. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
Derek, Thanks for your reply. I am not new to programming, but am new to
Euphoria. My previous programming experience has been with Fortran, Pascal and
various versions of Basic. Normally, when I call up a programming language I get
some sort of editor screen, so this Euphoria prompt threw me off. I will attempt
to run the program you mentioned. I would like to bring up the editor screen so I
can play with some code and work with the debugging capabilities. Thanks, Tom
7. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
Tom Loffman wrote:
>
>
> Derek, Thanks for your reply.
Your welcome. This is generally a safe forum with plenty of people
who enjoy giving useful help to others - newbie or not 
> I am not new to programming, but am new to Euphoria.
> My previous programming experience has been with Fortran, Pascal and various
> versions
> of Basic.
Great. Welcome to Euphoria. Its quite a different world from those other
languages - much, much simplier and productive. Its not as fast as Fortran
for numerical stuff, but what is!
>Normally, when I call up a programming language I get some sort of editor
> screen, so this Euphoria prompt threw me off. I will attempt to run the
> program you
> mentioned. I would like to bring up the editor screen so I can play with some
> code
> and work with the debugging capabilities. Thanks, Tom
Ok. By the way, I never use the window shortcut to Euphoria. I
actually prefer starting with an editor then shelling out to DOS
to run my app during development.
May I recommend an excellent free Windows editor: Crimson which can
be downloaded from http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
8. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
On 18 Sep 2004, at 22:11, Tom Loffman wrote:
>
>
> posted by: Tom Loffman <t809 at tloffman.com>
>
>
> Derek, Thanks for your reply. I am not new to programming, but am new to
> Euphoria. My previous programming experience has been with Fortran, Pascal and
> various versions of Basic. Normally, when I call up a programming language I
> get
> some sort of editor screen, so this Euphoria prompt threw me off. I will
> attempt
> to run the program you mentioned. I would like to bring up the editor screen
> so
> I can play with some code and work with the debugging capabilities. Thanks,
> Tom
Many of us use regular text editors, i use Textpad with the Eu syntax
highliting added. I can run Eu code right from Textpad, picking which version
of the interpreter i wish to use. Some use Context, or Codegenie, or
Notepad, or the dos edit even.
Kat
9. Re: Can't get Euphoria to run
Kat wrote:
> Many of us use regular text editors, i use Textpad with the Eu syntax
> highliting added. I can run Eu code right from Textpad, picking which version
> of the interpreter i wish to use. Some use Context, or Codegenie, or
> Notepad, or the dos edit even.
If you need syntax-coloring files, just look in the 'Recent User Contributions'.
You will find it for TextPad (updated each time Euphoria or Win32Lib has new
keywords) and for Crimson Editor, and also for Linux Kate and Kwrite.
If you want to try an editor, written completely in Euphoria, you can try
M Editor.
--
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