Re: nicer Install? (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
Hi Rod,
Well, I did it in part. Windows installer, setting file relations, icons and so
on. Then I'd have to make settings at autoexec.bat so I'd need a small app to
do it. Than came this big translation work so I'm out of time but I can work on
weekends if it will help you.
-- Euler
On 11 Feb 2002, at 12:19, Rod Jackson wrote:
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> void wrote:
> > Btw. popularity is something that could be greatly improved by making it
> > more accessable for beginners, f.i. after install people want to see an
> > easy
> > and friendly user interface.
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> Actually, this is something that I think might need some work. I've
> given copies of Euphoria (along with PKUNZIP) to some of my high school
> students, and in most cases, they can't figure out how to begin the
> install.
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> Now, some might say that they shouldn't be trying to learn programming
> if they can't handle that little ordeal, but I think that's not quite
> fair. Unfortunately (IMVHO) we live in a Windows world, and most kids
> don't know DOS. They've never heard of PKUNZIP, decompression is
> transparently done for them. That's their world, and while I believe
> they can learn to program right where they're at, I think having to jump
> through unfamiliar hoops limits them.
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> A Windows-style installer sounds like a good idea. Not that Rob
> necessarily needs to do it, if someone else can. It would help alot, at
> least to the newbies in the programming realm (we can't expect them all
> to jump in on their own.) As for an interface AFTER install... you're
> talking about something like the QBasic screen, interactive? Hmmm, a
> good idea as a seperate program I think--possibly with newbies being
> asked if they want to jump to it after install. Perhaps something like
> what 'E!' tried to be, with more features, using some of the
> Eu-written-in-Eu code that's out there....
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> > And clear examples ("for dummies") for
> > everything, from a simple "hello world" to creating and accessing DLL's.
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> Ah, that sounds like you're wanting a book, which is another good idea
> that maybe someone will write someday. If it could be included as text
> with Euphoria, that would be even better!
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> Rod Jackson
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