Applications that unilaterally add an icon to my Desktop drive me nuts.
It's my desktop, damn it, I only what stuff on there that I determine are
useful enough to be handy.
Rick
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Oliver Sims <
> oliver.s...@simsassociates.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> The other day I was enthusing about the advantages of ooRexx to a chap
>> who was well-versed in computer languages.
>>
>
> I'm not at all trying to discourage you from coming up with a better
> intro, but this sort of reminds me of the saying: you can lead a horse to
> water, but you can't make him drink.
>
>
>> The next time we spoke, he said,
>> "Well, I downloaded ooRexx and nothing happened. No icon on the desktop,
>> no nothing.
>>
>
> Well that's simply not true. It is correct that no desktop icon is
> created, but to say nothing happens is fallacious. The installer outputs a
> couple of hundred lines showing exactly what is happening. It creates a
> program group in the Start Menu for ooRexx with links to the documentation
> and menu items to execute a number of sample programs.
>
>
>> Waste of time imho."
>> I did try to convince him to look at "Try Rexx", but he couldn't be
>> bothered: "Nah", he said, "If it's any good it would have told me about
>> when I installed it."
>>
>
> Again, that's not true, the installer did tell him about it:
>
> Create folder: C:\Rexx\ooRexx
> Extract: rexxtry.rex... 100%
> Extract: ooRexxTry.rex... 100%
> Output folder: C:\Rexx\ooRexx\samples\oodialog\ooRexxTry
> Extract: ooRexxTry.rex... 100%
> Output folder: C:\Rexx\ooRexx\samples\oodialog\ooRexxTry\doc
> Extract: ooRexxTry.pdf... 100%
> Extract: ooRexxTry.pdf... 100%
> Create shortcut: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Open
> Object Rexx\Documentation\ooRexxTry Reference.lnk
>
>
>>
>> This reaction has lead me to believe that, if we want to spread the
>> ooRexx word, we need a better way of showing people its advantages. For
>> example, put an icon on the desktop that fires up "Try Rexx". (But why not
>> "Try ooRexx?")
>>
>
> The installer could certainly put an icon on the desktop, but I fail to
> see why that is any better than the current entries in the Open Object Rexx
> Start Menu Group. Your friend would still need to bother himself to double
> click on it.
>
> But, again, I'm not arguing against adding a desktop icon.
>
>
>>
>> Btw, I tried "Try Rexx (GUI)" and typed "dir" as suggested in the command
>> prompt, but when I ran it I got an error.
>>
>
> Hmm, if it didn't work that would be a bug and you should open a bug and
> we'll fix it. However it works fine for me in 4.2.0. You have to type
> "dir" in the code window and then you have to click the Run button. The
> program itself includes help that explains this, so I think it is actually
> a pretty good Rexx program. If you install Excel, you can't expect to be
> able to use it without a little research.
>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
>
>
>
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