Re: nicer Install? (Was: RE: GOTO - A fresh perspective?)
Where's Travis with his Installer project ?
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Euler German" <efgerman at myrealbox.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: 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:
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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....
> >
> > > And clear examples ("for dummies") for
> > > everything, from a simple "hello world" to creating and accessing DLL's.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> >
> > Rod Jackson
> >
> >
>
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