Hamish wrote: > > > > is it really needed in trunk in regards we are > > > planning to use Python for all scripts? > Hamish: > > > AFAIK it is needed whenever non-.exe or .bat named modules will be > > > run using simply their command name. > Glynn: > > It should only be needed for Tcl/Tk (exec and "open |..."), which has > > its own hacks for .exe and .bat (maybe .com and/or .cmd? I'm not > > sure). > > > > Everything other than Tcl/Tk falls into one of two cases: either you > > always have to provide the extension (even for .exe or .bat), or it > > uses PATHEXT and the registry settings (related to ftype/assoc). > > AFAICT for non-C modules in g7 Script.make runs the "$(BIN)/%.bat:" > Makefile rule (in ScriptRules.make) which creates .bat file wrapper. > > But the helper scripts in $(TOPDIR)/gui/scripts/->$GISBASE/etc/gui/scripts/ > do not use Script.make but still need that step.
Nothing should need the .bat wrapper once Tcl/Tk is dropped. > > BTW, we need to add .py to PATHEXT; we don't appear to be > > doing this at present. > > Index: lib/init/init.bat > =================================================================== > --- lib/init/init.bat (revision 37138) > +++ lib/init/init.bat (working copy) > @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ > :wxpython > > set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;%WINGISBASE%\etc\python;%WINGISBASE%\etc\wxpython > +set PATHEXT=%PATHEXT%;.PY > > python "%GISBASE%/etc/wxpython/gis_set.py" > if %errorlevel% == 2 goto exitinit > > > for gr7 is it needed for all gui/tui modes I guess, not just wxGUI. > hmph, the above doesn't seem to stick. PATHEXT gets reverted? > On linux at least the .py is removed from the script name and the module > gets installed without extension in $GISBASE/scripts/ > I'm note sure what happens with the g7 WinGRASS build. It gets installed without the .py suffix, which won't work. I'll commit a fix once it's tested. -- Glynn Clements <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
