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Re: Are there Windows users of cons?
From: |
Johan Holmberg |
Subject: |
Re: Are there Windows users of cons? |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:34:54 +0200 (MEST) |
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Zachary Deretsky wrote:
>
> Are there other Windows users of cons?
>
I use Cons regularly on NT4.
And Cons on Win32 has definitely become better during the time I've
used it. So I think it is a bit strange to say
> There is a clear message from the cons maintainers:
> "WINDOWS USERS GET LOST!"
>
Of course there is still room for improvement, but the things that
has bothered me most lately are problems with ActivePerl rather than
Cons itself (the "PATH", and "Ctrl-C" problems I've mentioned before
on the list).
I've never used the Link command in Cons on NT, so I guess I've
missed those problems. I've also written the extension module
Cons::Plus that Gary Oberbrunner mentioned (nice to know there is at
least *one* user out there beside myself :-) ).
That module solved most important problems I had with Cons on Win32:
- to find the PATH to Visual C++ automatically
- to support several languages beside C/C++ (RC-files, ...)
- place .OBJ and .EXE files in different directories without
relying on the "Link" command.
I haven't used Greg Spencers modules, but I'm curious to know what
the current problems are with those modules:
1) doesn't ConsExtensions.pl work at all with current versions of
Cons ?
2) if not, are changes needed in ConsExtensions.pl only, or are
changes needed in Cons itself ?
3) is ConsExtensions.pl "abandoned" by Greg, or has he plans to
maintain it (if any Cons specific problems in 2) are solved)
> Please respond to this message and request speedy incorporation of existing
> Windows-related fixes into the current code plus real-time Windows support
> in the future.
>
>From looking at Greg's code, it seems that a lot of "knowledge"
(eg. about Visual C++) is built into that code.
I don't think it is reasonable to *require* that all this should be
"supported", especially if the maintainers are not using that code
themselves.
Wouldn't it be enough if ConsExtensions.pl could continue to "live"
as an extension ? But that would of course require that someone
"maintained" it after Gregs initial release (see question 3 above).
/Johan Holmberg
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons?, (continued)
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons?, Steven Knight, 2001/08/26
- Are there Windows users of cons? Rajesh, Zachary Deretsky, 2001/08/22
- Visual Studio integration, Johan Holmberg, 2001/08/22
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Rajesh, Steven Knight, 2001/08/26
- Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Zachary Deretsky, 2001/08/27
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Frank Thomas, 2001/08/28
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Steven Knight, 2001/08/28
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Steven Knight, 2001/08/28
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Frank Thomas, 2001/08/28
- Re: Are there Windows users of cons? Steven, Steven Knight, 2001/08/28
Re: Are there Windows users of cons?,
Johan Holmberg <=
RE: Are there Windows users of cons?, Greg Spencer, 2001/08/27