I'm not one of the "heavy coders" of Padre, but I'm sure that many people here will be happy to see your last note. Thanks for "spreading the word" - this is wonderful.
Regarding the packaging of Padre with Strawberry, Well... I think that this is necessary for MS-Windows, but not for Linux / BSD. This is the reason - I guess - for making the "MSI" package that installs Strawberry+Padre on MS-Windows. IMHO - the simplest way for Padre on MS-Windows is to install this package - and then upgrade Padre inside the Strawberry environment, using CPAN. This is what I do on the MS-Windows PC that I have at work. On my home laptop and PC I have Linux (currently Ubuntu and ArchLinux). Usually - Linux (and *BSD) already come with Perl. So no need for Strawberry Perl in a usual Linux / *BSD. And... in fact using Strawberry Perl on MS-Windows is very good for developers (I really love it) but it's not a "must". Padre can be installed on MS-Windows - also with ActiveState Perl. On my work PC I have two Padre installations - one on ActiveState Perl environment, and other one on Strawberry Perl environment. Both live together. But I use the one from Strawberry. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Charlie Gonzalez <itchar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oren, > > You are correct. I forgot to mention that I spoke about the fact that I had > to do a memory upgrade from 1 gig to 2 gigs and that I had a few memory > issues while installing Strawberry Perl and Padre on my netbook with 1 gig > ram. I used this example to argue the fact that Padre and Strawberry Perl > needs to be packaged with the latest version of Padre to avoid time consumed > on installing both. > > PC with greater processing power than a netbook are ideal candidates for > installing Padre. > > I am considering to work on a User Manual for Padre but I need to spend some > time looking at the docs that are available to formulate a list of questions > before I begin. > > FYI my presentation has inspired many of my coworkers to install and consider > working with Padre. Thanks again for building such a wonderful IDE for Perl. > > Charlie G > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Oren Maurer <meor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Charlie >> The presentation looks very nice! >> Really! >> Just a small comment regarding the time that of installing Padre on >> MS-Windows: >> I guess that first of all it's a question of memory and CPU. >> AFAIK - the Asus EEE PCs are designed to be lightweight and small laptops - >> also in memory... mainly for running Web browser and Office. >> Compiling on it will surely take longer then on larger laptop. >> And - as far as I know - installing Padre directly from CPAN does require >> compilation (of Wx). >> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Zeno Gantner <zeno.gant...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Charlie, >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Charlie Gonzalez <itchar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > I have conducted a presentation in regards to my user experience of >>> > Padre. >>> > This presentation was done in the NY Perl Seminar Group yesterday and >>> > below >>> > is a url to the slides. (CC'ed in this email is Jim Keenan the moderator >>> > of >>> > NY Perl Seminar Group). >>> > >>> > http://www.slideshare.net/CharlieGonzalez2/padre-user-experience >>> > >>> > This presentation was mainly focused on the user perspective of the Padre >>> > application. A demo of Padre was also done at the end of the presentation. >>> >>> Thank you very much for presenting Padre, and also for sharing the >>> slides with us. >>> >>> > I want to inquire about any present efforts on producing a training book >>> > on >>> > how to use Padre. Is there an effort to do this and if so how can one >>> > contribute? >>> >>> Currently, all Padre documentation is in the form of POD in the Padre >>> source files, plus some content on the wiki and in blog posts. >>> Very recently, there has been some effort to document Padre's features >>> in detail in the wiki: http://padre.perlide.org/trac/wiki/Features >>> >>> So no, there is currently no user manual in the form of a book. >>> If you want, you can start one - the feature list would of course be a >>> good starting point. >>> I would be willing to contribute, but I am hesitant to lead the thing >>> because my free time for Padre is currently quite limited. >>> >>> If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask them here in the list or on >>> IRC. >>> >>> As said, sharing your experience is very valuable to us. >>> For instance, I did not know that installing a current Padre takes 1.5 >>> hours on Windows! >>> This is actually quite sad, we should definitely do something about this. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Zeno >>> -- >>> MyMediaLite Recommender System Library: http://ismll.de/mymedialite >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Padre-dev mailing list >>> Padre-dev@perlide.org >>> http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> ________________________________ >> Oren Maurer >> http://oren.maurer.org.il >> http://meorero.wordpress.com >> _______________________________ >> # =======================| >> # Please avoid sending me Word | >> # or PowerPoint attachments | >> # =======================| >> # See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Padre-dev mailing list >> Padre-dev@perlide.org >> http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev > -- ________________________________ Oren Maurer http://oren.maurer.org.il http://meorero.wordpress.com _______________________________ # =======================| # Please avoid sending me Word | # or PowerPoint attachments | # =======================| # See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Padre-dev mailing list Padre-dev@perlide.org http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev
