On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 11:11:52 AM UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > PMario > > The ZIP contains 5 executables, that can potentially break my system, if I >> run them in the wrong order. > > > That is untrue! >
hmmm, we disagree here. ... .bat and .ps1 are executables. ... They are not signed and they are not distributed using a standard windows channel. So a newbie user can't be sure, what's in it. > Don't scare people off! > That's not my intention. ... I was suggesting, that there should be a README.TXT file, which contains some info about the project and some info about every file. If there is some info how a user can read the code without "starting" it, that can build trust. eg: notepad polly.ps1 or cat polly.ps1 | more Even if a user can't fully understand, what's going on, they can safely view the code. PowerShell_ISE .\polly.ps1 ... Will show the code in the OS built in development environment, with syntax highlighting. > None of them will do anything but throw error messages until you unlocked > them and provide settings. > I know that, because I used an editor and had a view at the source code. > BUT,* I do acknowledge* that Mark & I chose to do development in public > here, rather than do it through GitHub. That is not normal & maybe > confusing! > That's OK, it only makes it hard to follow, especially since I'm lazy and don't want to reverse engineer the stuff every time, there is a new version. ... If there is a new version I'm basically interested in the diff, to see what changed. ------------------- While I was writing the above, I did find a link to the "dev" wiki <https://tidbits.wiki/polly/polly-dev.html>. That's an interesting approach and yes. ... For me that is strange. The development workflow seems to be a bit bumpy. ... but that is my problem. ------------------- Since PowershellCore is available, powershell is a multi platform scripting environment. I'm interested, to use the script for every possible OS. ... that's it for the moment. have fun! mario -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/eaff6d1a-d62b-46b7-b4d2-b46169425e0b%40googlegroups.com.
