Vadim V. Zhytnikov writes:
> Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) writes:
>
>>> From: CALCRTS writes:
>>>
>>>> From: Vadim V. Zhytnikov
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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,
>>
>> Just for you I have done this, too :-)
>> - the short path gets patched into maxima.bat (if required)
>> - maxima.bat works form command line
>> - xmaxima doesn't work.
>>
>> There is an error box from xmaxima:
>>
>> Error staring Maxima:
>> Can't execute {{C:/Program Files/Maxima-5.9.0.9beta1/bin/maxima}} -s
>> 4008 &
>> couldn't execute "{C:\Program
>> Files\Maxima-5.9.0.9beta1\bin\maxima}": no such file or directory
>>
>> I will commit the patch to fix maxima.bat. Patches for xmaxima accepted.
>>
>
> I've just built Win Maxima installer with your latest patches
> for maxima.bat and xmaxima. Everything works just fine
> for C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.9.0.9beta1 installation path
> on Windows XP. I'll try Windows Me a bit later.
>
> David - many thanks for your work!
>
> I venture to propose a few things as a final touch
> for Windows installer:
>
> 1). Remove "Do not install to the folder with spaces..."
> massage and make C:\Program Files\Maxima... ({pf} in InnoSetup
> to be more precise) default installation path.
>
> 2). Add shortcut to maxima.bat to the Maxima menu.
>
>
Windows Me is OK too.
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Vadim V. Zhytnikov
<vvzhy@netorn.ru>