Store Includes
Hi all,
I have not posted in awhile, but I've been around. Thanks to all who have
posted in keeping the more quiet of us informed and interested.
Anyway, I have a new program up and I hope you'll have a look at it, tell me
what you think, give it a try, and report any problems.
The program is called StoreInc.ex. It is a DOS program that performs the
same function as Tone Skoda's GetEuIncs.exw, that is, after the user selects
an Eu program, it creates a sub-folder, copies the program into it, and adds
all the includes of the program. This is very useful for a couple of
reasons: in zipping and submitting a program to the Eu site, it assures that
all includes are, er, included. Also it makes a "fixed moment in history"
for the program such that at a later time one does not have to guess what
versions of include files were used.
Why did I duplicate Tone's work? Well, I like DOS and wanted a version for
it. I didn't look at Tone's code, I just dived in for the sake of tackling
a goal I thought was within reach of my current abilities, yet would stretch
my skills. Another reason was to use a set of routines I have created over
time that I call BoxGUI. These are dirt-simple ways of making DOS more
accessible, but not using the "Windows" concept of how to do things. In
StoreInc.ex, for example, the command line is not used. The user can
navigate to and select the file directly.
A last point: you might want to take a look at the program for one particular
feature: it has no include files of its own. All necessary components are
within one file. This was done by means of two programs I'll be posting
soon: IncAll.ex and Mash.ex. These create a large file of all files, then
strip out all unused items. You will perhaps smile when I confess the
impetus behind these: I use personal include files I don't want to inflict
on anyone I don't hate :^D There are things with tentacles in there! By
"mashing" the files, the world only sees what works (more or less). More
seriously, there might be times when it would be useful to send someone
who is not an Eu person just two files: the PD interpreter and the program
itself.
Over,
--Quark
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