Op 12-7-2011 18:51, Rugxulo schreef: > Hi, > > Homer: "Where's the any key???" :-))
yeah, people asking where the any key is, in 2011 :) > BTW, feel free to nag some of us to (re)translate for Install. I see > your /nls/ directory already has 12 languages (or perhaps 11 not > counting .en). I wonder if I made the dutch translation..it needs fixing. Not sure which strings are relevant and correct in the english file. If wanting things really fancy, organise sourcecode such that: * NLS is used (KITTEN), optionally using external language files. Lacking that, using internal strings. * INSTALL can be compiled without an external strings file * INSTALL can be compiled for a certain language with an external strings file. I think David 'o Shea did so in 2006 for MEM binaries. ( http://www.employees.org/~doshea/freedos/tmp/ ) http://www.employees.org/~doshea/freedos/tmp/mem.htm (last few lines of the page, not sure any of this code made it into mainline MEM 1.11 (which replaced Arkady's MEM program)) >>> * SUBST/JOIN usable for floppy install? 'mount' floppy files in some >>> dummy "PACKAGES\BASE" directory? >> >> The new Install assumes a CDROM install source, and reads all the >> packages at the beginning (so it understands the total number, used in >> progress bar) then installs the packages. To do this using floppies, >> the Install program would need to be refactored. I was more thinking of running INSTALL for each disk. Pity we lack an INKEY option like 4DOS has. It's a mixture between CHOICE (single key except special keys) and SET /P (input requires pressing ENTER to confirm). > I'm sure somebody weird (ahem) will probably still do it, but it's > probably rare now that floppies are almost discontinued. Anyways, if > anybody needs to install, they can come to the mailing lists and we'll > guide 'em manually. I've always disliked (UN)ZIP with so many switches/options, confusing me a lot. > IMHO, you (Jim) shouldn't worry about floppies at all right now. Leave > that until after you take care of CD-ROM users (the majority). Agreed. > sure I was ever correct anyways. Yes, typically I set "TZ=CST" > (central) though perhaps the full is something like "CST4DST" (or > something, I forget and this computer doesn't have it set, doh). CST, EST and UTC are confusing me. All I know is GMT, which would be UTC? SET TZ=UTC (and be done with it, unset right after install) >> The only way I can figure to test if the destination has enough space >> is to use hard-coded values for how big FreeDOS 1.1 will be after it >> is installed (with/without all packages, with/without source code.) It's not 100% fullproof, but if free diskspace is at least a few MB, then I'd assume the drive is writable and at least BASE would be unpacked/installed. Non-existing drives have no free diskspace, and neither do CD-ROMs for example. Actually checking if the drive is writable could be done by creating the target destination directory. Problem is when it already exists :) Perhaps some tempfile. > > (overthinking) I guess in theory you could "unzip -l *.zip" and > somehow sum up all the totals (awk?). I mean, if you wanted to do it > the fancy automated way. ;-) But I think your way is plenty good > enough for the foreseeable future. (Better than nothing!) I'd more think of a parameter to give to INSTALL: /MINFREESPACE=5MB >> If you do, please use UPX-UCL instead of NRV. > > If you use --lzma, it doesn't matter as they should be identical > anyways. But yes, otherwise use UPX-UCL 3.07 (latest): > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/upx/v3.07/ Thanks for pointing me to that. Disadvantage of 586+ binaries though instead of 386 (or even 8086 but doubt UPX runs on that at all). Not sure what minimum platform is. I've got 2 feature requests: * don't show the "BASE or EVERYTHING" question if only PACKAGES\BASE\ exists or PACKAGES\BASE\somefile.zip. * at end of installation, switch to the target/installation directory, so POSTINST can run and set DOSDIR to %_CWD% (current directory). Always disliked the trick of using LOCATE.COM to find FreeDOS directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
