Dear Günter On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Guenter Knauf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 09.02.2011 10:08, schrieb Zeno Davatz: >> >> How about switching the order? The reason why I done this is because I >> want to be able to use git directly from my commandline window >> _without_ having to open a separate window, just to be capable to use >> GIT. I want one command windows for everything, same like on Linux. >> Anything else does not seem efficient to me. > > ok, but the Q is here what do you all want to use? Look, the Windows Git > package as well as the MinGW package come both with its own MSYS which has a > bunch of same tools and Perl but at different versions, so clashes are > foreseeable; also both prefer usage from bash rather than cmd.exe where Git > seems to offer both. So depending on what you just intend to do you should > consider to create a batch file which calls cmd.exe and sets paths > accordingly to your needs rather than adding global search paths. Ok, I will consider this. >>> Oh, and AFAICT adding a seach path to C:\Apache2.2\bin is also not really >>> needed since httpd.exe looks anyway into this folder 1st for its >>> dependent >>> DLLs. >> >> But can I then still start Apache from the command line? > > no, not then via search - only via full path; but here's the Q if you really > need that? usually calling httpd.exe from commandline is anyway only for > debugging purpose, else you run the service; and the service you can > start/stop from comamndline with: > net [start|stop] apache2.2 > > BTW. there are also other nice addons for Windows, f.e. CmdHere which opens > a cmd box with a rightclick on a folder: > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > this can save you a lot of commandline 'cd folder' and also then reduces > need for many search paths ... You see, as I come from Linux, using Gentoo every day, I am used to the command prompt. I never head into windows using Windwos-Explorer. That confuses me ;) - [ But the more our software runs on Windows, I may need exactly what you say ;) ] - So what I am trying to do is the same as on Linux: One command prompt for everything. This way, I have less of a hassle to figure it all out. Of course I will bump into some issues now and then but my testing becomes more streamlined. Or that is what I think at the moment. Generally speaking I still need to understand the Windows-Path-World better. So comes time, I will try to understand better. Best Zeno
