OpenEuphoria

Re: bloated 2.5

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Nov 18, 2004
• 549 views

Unkmar wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Davis"
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 5:56 PM
> Subject: RE: bloated 2.5
> 
> > 
> > posted by: Ed Davis <ed_davis2 at yahoo.com>
> > 
> > Chris Bensler wrote:
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> >> That is a HACK solution. That type of attitude infests this
> >> community, and it's WRONG. Firstly, just because it doesn't
> >> affect you, doesn't mean it doesn't affect others. Second, the
> >> mere fact that YOU have to manually do anything, and you don't
> >> even have the option to stop eu from meddling with your own
> >> setup, is a reflection of Euphoria's quality.
> > 
> > I agree, it should not mess with your setup, and I agree, you
> > should not have to change anything.  And I agree that it should
> > be fixed.  But I don't agree it is worth SHOUTING about.
> 
> Those actions PREVENTED me from EVER installing v2.4.
> I assume you would ask, "How can it prevent?"
> Answer: I knew ahead of time from the 2.3 install and from
> others that it would cause me problems.  Therefore, I never
> installed.  I didn't want to DEAL with the problems.
> Not even ONCE.
> 
> And you don't think it is worth SHOUTING ABOUT?

I don't understand the hysteria on this point.
On XP you just right-click a file,
choose "Open with...", and then select the program
you want to use with that file type.
You don't have to venture into the registry.
Other Windows versions let you do the same thing just as easily.

I will however use Juergen's INNO solution and
make it an option to associate Euphoria file types
with the usual Euphoria programs. That means some
beginners will turn it off, and later wish they
had left it on.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com