There is a bit in the executable that tells windows to open a terminal. If you copy the executable to say rakudo_no_terminal.exe and change that bit in the copy, then Windows won't show you a terminal.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 8:14 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-us...@perl.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:44 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users > >> <perl6-us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Windows 10-1909 Pro > >> > >> raku -v > >> This is Rakudo version 2020.01 built on MoarVM version > >> 2020.01.1 implementing Perl 6.d. > >> > >> I am opening Raku from the registry with > >> > >> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithFileAttributes.pl6\command] > >> @="\"C:\\rakudo\\bin\\raku.exe\" > >> \"K:\\Windows\\NtUtil\\FileAttributes.pl6\" \"%1\"" > >> > >> Problem: up pops a big black box with Raku running it in. > >> Is there a way to rid myself of the big black box? > >> (I have pops for the information that is reported to > >> the user.) > >> > >> > >> Many thanks, > >> -T > >> > > On 2020-03-30 08:04, yary wrote: > > This is a Windows explorer/shell issue. Search the web; this is one > > approach - use cmd with some switches to start with the window minimized > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4277963/how-to-call-cmd-without-opening-a-window > > > > I'm a fan of Emacs on all my platforms; their solution in Windows is a > > tiny executable that opens Emacs without having the secondary shell > > window, if I understand correctly. > > > > -y > > Rats. I was hoping it was something in Raku's run string. > > Thank you for the CMD tip! > > -T >
