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Re: Eugtk 2 s paths

• Posted by "Elliott S. de Andrade" <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com> Sep 23, 2004
• 475 views

>From: Matt Lewis <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum at topica.com
>Subject: Re: Eugtk 2 s paths
>Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:49:26 -0700
>
>posted by: Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at yahoo.com>
>
>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.
>

   The EUINC thing also affects Linux. You need to login again for it to=
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take effect. I use XP, so I know what you mean about not needing to reboot.=
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But, as Chris said, it makes it easier to distribute your program with GTK=
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that way. You don't need the user to change their EUINC. Everything can be=
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in one folder, but the 135 GTK files don't need to be in the root clutterin=
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it up. This doesn't just pertain to zipped up programs (like for the
archive, since most people haven't included GTK, AFAIK), but also helps if=
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you're transporting your work to another computer. No setup is required. Yo=
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can just unzip, or copy, and run.

>Matt Lewis
>

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