OpenEuphoria

Re: When updating Euphoria

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Apr 14, 2007
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Dan Moyer wrote:
> 
> don cole wrote:
> > 
> > DB James wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have delayed posting this out of some embarrassment.  The many times I
> > > have
> > > installed new versions of Eu, I have dragged many different folders from
> > > the
> > > old to the new version folders.  Finally the corroded nickel dropped and I
> > > took the time to move all this stuff, including win32 includes folder and
> > > a
> > > folder where I keep all non-official includes, to one single folder.  I
> > > changed the EUINC system variable to reflect this.  Now let the new Eu 
> > > versions come as fast as they like -- I just drag that one folder to
> > > nestle
> > > among the new version folders.
> > > 
> > > Probably most everyone else has figured this out a long time ago, but in
> > > case
> > > someone may benefit from my experience, I hereby admit it took me a
> > > while...
> > > 
> > > --Quark
> > 
> > Hello Quake,
> > 
> >   The way I do it,
> > 
> > 1.)Change the old euphoria folder (with include files) to Fuphoria.
> > 
> > 2.)Install the new Euphoria.
> > 
> > 3.)Copy new Euphoria folder into the fuphoria folder. When asked "a copy of
> > this file already exits" overwrite, ignore or cancel? Select overwrite all.
> > You should now have fuphoria with include folder with all the new updates
> > and
> > the any new files you added since your first installation.
> > 
> > 4.)Rename the fuphoria folder back to Euphoria.
> > 
> > 
> > Don Cole
> 
> Don,
> 
> Sounds good, except don't you mean "copy the *contents* of the new Euphoria
> folder...", 

 I do.

>rather than "Copy new Euphoria folder into the fuphoria folder."?
> 
> If you *drag* copy new Euphoria folder into Fuphoria folder, you get a folder
> of new Euphoria *inside* Fuphoria, so EUINC won't find the *new* includes,
> etc,
> after last rename of Fuphoria back to Euphoria, right?

right

> 
> Dan

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>Just making sure I understand correctly: are people saying that they save >all

No not all. Just some select files. Such as myself I use STRLIST.E and FONT.E a
lot so i just put them in with my standard includes.

I'm not advocating dumping the EU folder where I keep Win32Lib,WinClass etc..

>their include files (ie their personal ones; those contributed by others; >and
>those with [for example] IDE, Win32Lib, Diamond etc) in the same folder as
>the official Eu includes - ie all in ..\EUPHORIA\INCLUDE? 

>That's a good thing to do?

>Alex Caracatsanis

 

Don Cole