On Jul 25, 2007, at 13:49, Gordon Thiesfeld wrote: > I've been kicking this idea around for a while now, so I thought > I'd get everyone's opinion on it. > If it isn't a new idea, I apologize. Google didn't find anything > on this mailing list. > > When you install a gem on windows, it creates two files in the bin > dir, the bin script, and a .cmd file. The problem with this is > when you try to exit out of some of these scripts, you get this > message "Terminate batch job (Y/N)?". > > In the more recent versions of the one-click installer, the .rb > and .rbw extension gets added to the PATHEXT environment variable > (I believe), so windows will run these files if you type the name > minus the extension. For instance, a file named chunky_bacon.rb > will be executed by typing chunky_bacon. > > So, instead of creating two files in the bin dir - one without an > extension, the other with a .cmd extension, I wonder if it would be > better to create a single .rb file? The end result is fewer files > in the bin directory, and not having to mess with the annoyances > that the batch files cause.
I'm for it. I don't think any of the rest of the RubyGems developers often develop on Windows, nor know what to look out for. Could you write a patch for us? -- Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
