I'm having trouble getting off the ground with Ver4
- Posted by svnx Nov 11, 2011
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I took a break from programming in Euphoria for a couple of years because I knew that Ver.4 was being developed and if I was to 'hurt my brain' with Windows programming, it had better be good. I have just downloaded euphoria-4.0.3 and installed the new version 4.0.3 in Windows 7 (64-bit).
I have read the introductory pages of the Euphoria pdf manual, appreciate that Windows in its new incarnations (Vista and 7) is in a state of flux and that many of the old XP systems have changed, but I can't get past square one with this version 4:
- page 2 of the manual says "A full-screen multi-file editor is also included", and page 23 says the editor is "ed". I found ed.bat and ed.ex in Euphoria\bin, but both open a mini window that is far from full-screen - and can't be sized. Can anyone suggest a more readable alternative? Is there a better editor that allows me to run the program I write while I am still editing things (like the DOS editors with version 3)?
- Dos executables I wrote with version 3 won't run on Windows 7 64-bit - give me an error that they were meant for a 32-bit OS. I see some discussion in the forum about development of a 64-bit version of Euphoria 4. Will a version 4 based executable (with Windows) written with a GUI-based program like EuWingui work on my Win7 (64-bit) set-up? The manual says version 4 works with Win7, but I am not clear whether it works with 64-bits. Can I write programs that will work on 64-bit systems?
- I have tried to set up euwingui2 (Jim Brown) for Windows programming - it gave me an error about not having EUDIR in autoexec.bat and shut down, but there is no autoexec.bat in C:\ in Win7. So I looked for "System and Maintenance" under Control Panel per the manual page 14. I finally found something remotely resembling the manual's directions under "System" - "Advanced system settings" - "Environment Variables" and added EUDIR as C:\Euphoria. I hope I guessed correctly! EuVIDE now opens, but I now get error message "can not read coloredbuttons.ew."
- after installing euphoria-4.0.3, I checked the directory map on page 16. The "packaging (software for making installation packages)" is not there.
Conclusion: The manual sure leads me to believe that version 4 is a gigantic step above version 3.1. But my first encounters show that the instructions are misleading. One is led to believe that the installation file takes care of the proper set-up for Windows 98 to 7 at least and that one is then able to get down to writing and testing code. In fact getting going is not anywhere as simple as version 3.1 (and earlier versions) - where one quickly enjoyed the pleasure of programming in a language as brilliant as Euphoria.
I have been reading the forum postings for years without having to write anything, because I was usually able to move ahead in my coding. But this time I am stuck at square one.
Can someone help with simple instructions to point me in the right directions?
Thank you in anticipation of your help.
