Re: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY

  • From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:11:20 -0500 (EST)

Yes, FileDir is a file and directory manager like My Computer or Windows
Explorer.  The built-in Windows functionality remains available.

Given the issues folks have been experiencing with setting environment
variables for compilers/interpreters, I decided to try adding a friendlier
interface to do this in EdSharp and FileDir.  The January 16 releases now
include an Environment Variables command, Control+E.  The .NET Framework
Class Library made this relatively easy to implement.

The command first prompts for the target environment:  the currently
executing process, logged-in user, or local machine.  It then presents a
dialog containing all environment variables in that environment, one per
line, with the label containing the variable name and the associated edit
box containing its value.  The initial letter of each name is a trigger
letter, so you can, for example, press Alt+P to jump to the PATH setting.

You could add a directory in the process environment (EdSharp.exe or
FileDir.exe) to test whether Windows finds a program of interest, e.g.,
via EdSharp's Compile command.  If that change seemed to work, you could
then edit the user or machine environment instead (be extra careful with
the latter).  Note that if you edit the user environment, you have to
reload EdSharp for it to see the setting.  Similarly, I think you need to
re-log in if you modify the machine environment.

Although the January 16 versions are on my web site, F11 may not retrieve
the latest version.  This is due to a frustrating server caching problem,
which combined with other reasons, has led me to transfer my web site to
another Internet service provider, HostMonster.com.  The files are
transferred but I have not yet transferred the domain name.  In case you
want to try the new Environment Variables command today, you can get
EdSharp at

http://host189.hostmonster.com/~empower4/edsetup.exe

and FileDir at

http://host189.hostmonster.com/~empower4/dirsetup.exe

Jamal
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Wed, 16 Jan 2008,
Peter Donahue wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:26:03 -0600
> From: Peter Donahue <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY
>
> Hello Jamal and listers,
>
> I take it that I do the same for Perl, PYTHON, and RUBY as well? Sounds
> simple enough.
>
>     I assume that File Dir is similar to My Computer, but it not a
> replacement for it. If I install File Dir My Computer won't be removed is
> this correct. I believe using File Dir will help us solve a problem we're
> having with My Computer on Mary's machine. Thanks for the tip.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY
>
>
> First locate the directory containing the Java compiler, javac.exe.
> Typically, the path is something like
> c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin
>
> If you happen to be using FileDir, you can navigate there and then press
> Alt+Shift+P to copy the path to the clipboard.
>
> Go to the System applet in Control Panel, and to the Advanced tab page of
> the environment variables dialog.  Edit the PATH variable by typing or
> pasting the Java directory path at the beginning of the current text,
> separating it by a semicolon (;) from the next directory in the list.
> Activate the OK button repeatedly to save the new setting.
>
> Jamal
> On Tue, 15
> Jan 2008, Peter Donahue wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:23:01 -0600
> > From: Peter Donahue <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY
> >
> > Hello Jamal,
> >
> >     How do I check to see if the compiler has been added to the Windows
> > Search Path? I all ready have a JAVA compiler installed on this machine,
> but
> > don't know if it's in the Windows Search Path. A refresher on how to do
> this
> > would be helpful.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY
> >
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> > No compilers are installed with EdSharp -- they need to be installed
> > separately.  Also, if the installer for a compiler does not put its
> > directory on the Windows search path, that needs to be done manually,
> > since EdSharp calls the compiler by its file name only -- without a
> > preceding path.
> >
> > Jamal
> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Peter Donahue wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:30:10 -0600
> > > From: Peter Donahue <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Ed Sharp, PYTHON, and RUBY
> > >
> > > Good afternoon everyone,
> > >
> > >     Last week I installed Ed Sharp on both of our computers. I want to
> > > experiment with PYTHON and RUBY. Since these compilers appear in the
> list
> > of
> > > available compilers does this mean that the PYTHON and RUBY
> > > compilers/interpreters are all ready installed, or do I need to download
> > and
> > > install each one and map them to Ed Sharp? I know it had to install the
> > > Microsoft.net Framework on our machines, but am not sure if it also
> > > installed those two compilers along with the others that appear in the
> > > compiler list. Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Peter Donahue
> > >
> > >  "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> > > Joel 2-25
> > >
> > >  "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> > > Joel 2-25
> > >
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