Sebastian, If you shove the ugly black console into people's faces, the simplicity of the windows installer will be lost. I'd much rather you didn't.
If you really want to run the java configurator, would you be able to do it in the background? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Sp?th" <[email protected]> To: <devl at freenetproject.org> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-devl] NodeConfig now in freenet cvs > David McNab wrote: > > > From: "Oskar Sandberg" <oskar at freenetproject.org> > > >>but I would find it rather > >>unfortunate if we diverge from the java config generator since that > >>automatically includes options defined with Fred > > >>while external programs will have to try to keep track of every option > >>added. > > > Up to now I took that into account by calling the Java setup program > during install and have it update freenet.ini. This way we got all new > prefs automatically with their default value, until we manage to put > them in a GUI. (The really really serious geek configs don't need a GUI > anyway as they can change it themselves). > > And although using the GUI configurator for configuration, I will > continue to produce an initial .ini file with the Java setup script > during install so new prefs wouldn't be lost. > > > Less than 0.1% of windows programs require people to key text into the black > > console window. It makes users' eyes glaze over. > > There are some, even expensive programs using consoles... > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
