RE: Maxima 5.9.0.9beta1



Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) writes:

>>From: Vadim V. Zhytnikov
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>2).  If we know 1) how do we feed this path into
>>Maxima configuration files. Into maxima.bat in
>>particular.
>>
>>I just have a brief look at InnoSetup documentation
>>and it looks like nether 1) nor 2) is possible without
>>external helper (post installation) programs.
>>Am I wrong?
> 
> 
> Some progress:
> 
> I have worked out how to patch the installation path into
> maxima.bat using the InnoSetup scripting language.  (Actually
> google found some example code that almost worked). I will
> commit this when I get home.  
> 

Very good.

> I have built a new installer, with gnuplot-4.0 binaries, and
> it all seems to do the right thing.  To avoid confusion over
> version numbers I won't upload this yet, but the changes will
> be in beta2 if we have one.
> 
> I am not going to look at spaces in paths.  I have had enough
> of PCs for a while - time to play with gfortran on irix and 
> to crawl under the house and lay some network cable.
> 

InnoSetup Pascal Scripting language has built-in
function GetShortName which converts which should do
the trick (wrapper to Windows API function GetShortPathName).



-- 
      Vadim V. Zhytnikov

      <vvzhy@netorn.ru>