OpenEuphoria

Re: Eugtk 2 s paths

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at yahoo.com> Sep 23, 2004
• 477 views

Elliott S. de Andrade wrote:
> 
> >posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
> >
> >I think the reason people requested removal of the hard-coded prefix
> >was because of problems with Windows.
> >
> 
>   I don't see what the problem would be. Anyone care to explain? 
> Perhaps it is because Rob said the / working was just an anomaly of 
> Windows. The interpreter would think file.e and me/file.e were
> different. I have nothing wrong with this, but Rob said it was only 
> because of the Windows "bug" that me/file.e was opened. I know if he 
> changed it, all he was going to do was make the interpreter think 
> file.e and me/file.e were the same (but i don't think some well-versed
> people were approve).  So, maybe I brought this point up for nothing, 
> or maybe I've explained it so well that those people who didn't want 
> the prefix won't mind it anymore, who knows...

Those Windows issues aside, I prefer to update my EUINC to add paths 
than to have to hard code paths.  This allows more flexibility in 
general.  I mostly develop in a Win2K environment, so mostly I don't 
have to log out before those changes take effect.

Matt Lewis