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Re: Submitting Euphoria to Download Sites

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Apr 24, 2005
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Robert Craig wrote:

> If anyone is interested in submitting Euphoria 2.5
> to their favorite software download site, it
> may help to know the address of Euphoria's "PAD" file:
>
>   http://www.rapideuphoria.com/euphoria_pad.xml
>
> A PAD file is a quick and easy way to submit a program.
> Most software sites support it.
> In many cases you just have to give the URL of the PAD file.
> Sometimes they also ask you for the category to place the
> program, e.g. "Interpreters & Compilers", "Programming" etc.
>
> You should probably search the site first to see if they
> already have 2.5. I've done a lot of English-language sites,
> but I know there are lots that I've missed. Some of the
> non-English sites won't accept a program unless it has
> a description in the desired language.

Of course RDS cannot take care of all countries/languages.

I have looked at 19 German Download Sites (several of them are
associated with a computer magazine). The Euphoria programming language
was only listed on 1 site, and only in English <http://www.zdnet.de/>
(I assume, they just copied that entry from their English site).
( On one German site I found a "Euphoria" screen saver. )

So I translated the <English> ... </English> section of Euphoria's PAD
file to German, and sent it back to RDS. Then I announced Euphoria at
the remaining 18 Download Sites and at 1 computer magazine that doesn't
have a download site, but comes with two software CD-ROMs each month.

One or two days later Euphoria was ready for download on several of
these sites, and currently -- just after a few days -- the number of
downloads from them amounts to more than 250.
Also when 'googling' for "euphoria" (language = German), the results
already have significantly changed, and certainly will continue to
change, when Google has recognized the latest entries, and when some of
the remaining sites also have listed Euphoria.

Dear Euphorians, I'd like to encourage you to do something similar
concerning your country/language. As you see, it's worth the effort, and
I think we all would have a benefit, when Euphoria will become more
widespread.

Regards,
   Juergen