Re: bloated 2.5
Robert Craig wrote:
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> 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.
Are you serious ?!?!
First point: I've gone to the trouble of setting permanent associations
for E EX EW EXW files to run my preferred editor. Then I install the
next Eu and bang! - I'm forced go and set these up again. Your installation
should be polite and ask first, rather than barge in and assume you can
mess up my explicit settings.
Second point: The Right-Click and "Open with..." is not something I want
to do everytime I wish to edit a source file using my preferred editor.
Okay, so I can tick the 'Use this always in future' check box. But I
had already done that so why did you force me to do it again. This is
just impolite behaviour. Good user interface behaviour is to respect
the user's previous choices.
> 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.
Why do you assume they will turn it off? They are beginners not morons.
If you distrust beginners so much, then have a "standard" option
in which these associations are always done and a "custom" one
in which you always ask the user. However, I would suspect the
better behaviour would be ... if no associations exist, then create them
otherwise leave them alone.
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
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