execProcess when spaces in directory path

[Lecale]

I'd like to use nim to execute something like "C:UsersMeAppDataLocalThe 
AppTheApp.exe --uninstall --silent" or "bob" for short

What is the simplest way to handle the space in the directory path on the 
windows os?

  * I tried discard execShellCmd(bob) -> failed due to space
  * I tried discard execShellCmd("bob") -> failed due to space
  * I tried let x = execProcess("TheApp.exe",""C:UsersMeAppDataLocalThe 
App",args =["\--uninstall", "\--silent"]) -> failed but mentions args.len==0 in 
the err msg which I don't really follow

Re: Using existFile or existDir correctly.

[Lecale]

It seems rather questionable to assume that the average reader of that 
documentation would be equated with university level mathematical logic. In the 
case in question "Returns true iff the directory dir exists. If dir is a file, 
false is returned. Follows symlinks." where is the second parameter that is 
necessary in the suggested usage? Returns true if the directory exists and what 
other condition is evaluated? Apologies if it should be obvious but I genuinely 
don't see 2 conditions there.

Why the inconsistent naming might be a more exciting question: why not 
existsSymlink() ?

Re: ggplotnim - pretty native plots for us

[Lecale]

I've made a note to check this out. So far my usage of nim in work has been 
limited to command line scripts, I want to have an excuse to expand that scope.

Re: Unknown performance pitfall in tables?

[Lecale]

It's interesting to see how to improve performance

Re: Nim compiling using MS VS2015 (windows)

[Lecale]

I don't think mingw32 is perfect , at least, I blame it for getting stuck with 
this issue 
[https://gitlab.com/define-private-public/stb_image-Nim/issues/8](https://gitlab.com/define-private-public/stb_image-Nim/issues/8)

Re: Nim tutorial -- Kaushal Modi's notes

[Lecale]

Thanks I can't get enough of tutorials.

Re: The authors of the Nimacros project stopped working on that book

[Lecale]

It was my pleasure. I think you should not expect the nim community to jump in 
with ready made content to expand the book. My expectation is that you will 
have a slow but steady response. Anyway, thank you for starting the book, and 
thank you for restoring it online at github. I will continue to check for bears.

Re: The authors of the Nimacros project stopped working on that book

[Lecale]

I think Nim could really do with a new book. Recently I was browsing through 
O'Reilly Online Library and found Nim in Action - its topic was listed as Java. 
It had a total of 4 reviews. There were just two other mentions I could in 
their vast library. One was a mention in a book about building telegram bots, 
and one was in the benchmarking section in a book about Crystal 

Re: The authors of the Nimacros project stopped working on that book

[Lecale]

Oh dear. I rather enjoyed the book, and actually referred to it a few times as 
I script in the wee hours before bedtime. Perhaps it will come back, I can 
offer language corrections, and I do enjoy gardening.

Re: donation

[Lecale]

Although JPLRouge pressed the button to make the payment through Paypal, no 
money has come out of his bank account. (?)

Re: Using different compilers on windows

[Lecale]

Thanks, Clang is for MacOsX I assume, so I am going to try this compiler 
[https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-msvc](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-msvc)
 and see if it makes the slightest bit of difference to allowing me to 
introduce nim to work

Using different compilers on windows

[Lecale]

Is there any guide which shows you how to change the compiler you're using on 
windows, i.e. how to install a different one to Mingw?

Background: I ask because I have gotten stuck on an exception trying to load 
bitmap files with the stb_image library. It was suggested that I use a 
different compiler to see if it resolves anything. I installed nim with 
choosenim stable. I have thus Mingw as the default. I've no idea how to go 
about switching.

Re: Nim for Statistics

[Lecale]

Somn usor means sleep well :) it is just a phrase I have in my head

Re: Nim for Statistics

[Lecale]

There don't seem to be a lot of libraries in that direction yet, but Nim seems 
evidently capable of being a good choice.

Somn usor

Re: Screenshot / Screencapture

[Lecale]

Yes, as I expected, although the library is just what I want, when I hit the 
line image.save(destPath) STBI throws an exception

Re: Screenshot / Screencapture

[Lecale]

Thanks JohnS . I am going to try this, but I have an interesting error with the 
STB_Image library. When I am trying to use fopen it's throwing an STBI 
exception for me depending on the specific method call it's pointing back to. I 

Re: Screenshot / Screencapture

[Lecale]

I found the same error with png library. Treeform your example looks good 
enough to start with. After that I just have to port the rest of my c#

Re: Screenshot / Screencapture

[Lecale]

I get `Error: 2147549183 can't be converted to HRESULT` with nim 1.0

Screenshot / Screencapture

[Lecale]

Does anyone know of any package or library that lets you take a screencapture? 
I would like to implement something similar to the speedline module, at least 
in terms of its mathematical formulation. The only thing I found was nsu - 
which does not build

Re: Write in *.txt file from variables values , with separate new lines.

[Lecale]

You just have to add a n to var1, var2, and var3. At least, that's how I see 
it. Maybe there is a sexier approach.

Re: Della-Vos tutorial on Nim macros

[Lecale]

The macro example asks for bear. A bear is very different to a beer. I found 
the reference to nnkStrLit disconcerting, because I had not read 
[https://nim-lang.org/docs/macros.html](https://nim-lang.org/docs/macros.html) 
before and wasn't sure what this term was

Re: Equivalent of Python's sys.getsizeof

[Lecale]

Is your answer already found here - 
[http://zevv.nl/nim-memory](http://zevv.nl/nim-memory)/ ?

Re: What are you building now?

[Lecale]

I just learn how to script common tasks with nim. Today I made a kind of 
animation of a go game sgf4art 
[https://github.com/Lecale/NimExamples/blob/master/sgf4art.nim](https://github.com/Lecale/NimExamples/blob/master/sgf4art.nim)

Re: nim in nim

[Lecale]

I see that code bugs slightly on my pc. `stdout.styledWrite(styleDim, "Take 
(1–3): ", resetStyle)` I have a french keyboard, and I see `Take (1ÔÇô3)` which 
leaves me interested to know why

nim in nim

[Lecale]

Has anyone written nim in nim? I ask because 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim) has an 
example in python

Re: Showing available memory

[Lecale]

Thank you, this is a really useful start to a recipe i need

Re: Showing available memory

[Lecale]

That's probably a bit beyond me, or at least the level of time I want to invest 
to get this to work tomorrow. Still I look at the example that prints out the 
dimensions of the screen and dream I might work out how to call that. 

Showing available memory

[Lecale]

Hi, another nim newbie here. I was looking for a way to show the available 
system memory for Windows OS. My research took me as far as the psutils 
package, and then I started sobbing when I read "Linux only". Is there anything 
else I can use, like a way to query windows counters with nim. If so, thanks in 
advance to anyone who can point me there.

P.S. Is this a suitable tutorial type link 
[http://codeninja.blog/2019/exploring-nim](http://codeninja.blog/2019/exploring-nim)/