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 -------------------------------------------------- >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