OpenEuphoria

Re: Store Includes

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Jul 18, 2005
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DB James wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

Hi there,

Sounds interesting...im just wondering now...
does it work with Euphoria's name space feature too?


Take care,
Al

And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!

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