[Python-Dev] Why does the Windows installer use the shortname formof the install directory? (original) (raw)

Christian Tismer tismer@tismer.com
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 04:32:30 -0700

Tim Peters wrote:

[Moore, Paul]

... That's fair enough. And it's not major enough that I'm pushing for anyone to waste time on it. I just thought I'd mention it in case it was a simple change to a checkbox, or something. It almost is a checkbox! In WISE's idea of "a scripting language", the relevant line looks like this: Set Variable MAINDIR to %MAINDIR% There's not a visible clue that this isn't a no-op. If you double-click on the line in the WISE GUI, though, a dialog box pops up, with a dropdown list labeled "Operation", one of whose entries is Convert to short filename There isn't another variant that adds "but only if it contains a space".

The F1 key gives you a regular windows help file, as I remember. And you can surround the Convert to short filename thing with an if contruct that checks for a space, something like If MAINDIR Contains " " then # here the Convert thingie End

ciao - chris

p.s.: The whol script is in ASCII. I used to generate scripts from WISE templates which I've written once.

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