Subject: Should we still support Windows 95, 98 and ME?
From: Henry Baker
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:36:20 -0700
It may be that if you did a "portable" Maxima, it might already run on some of these systems.
http://portableapps.com/
At 06:30 AM 9/3/2012, David Billinghurst wrote:
>Should we still try and support Windows 95, 98 and ME? Does maxima actually run on these platforms?
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>I am looking at a couple of changes to the maxima.bat file that launches maxima on windows. They would be simpler if I can assume we are using cmd.exe, which was introduced with Windows NT.
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>There are a few options:
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>1) Drop support for versions of windows that don't have cmd.exe, namely Windows 95, 98 and ME
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>2) Create a new maxima.cmd file for platforms with cmd.exe, with some improvements, but install maxima.bat for the older versions of windows.
>Use the maxima installer to install the correct version. This isn't difficult, but it is added complexity.
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>3) Do nothing.
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>My preference is for (2), but (1) has its attractions. Does anyone care either way?
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> David (he who builds the windows installer)