[Python-Dev] Why does the Windows installer use the shortname formof the install directory?

[Christian Tismer]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [Moore, Paul]
> 
>>...
>>That's fair enough. And it's not major enough that I'm pushing
>>for anyone to waste time on it. I just thought I'd mention it in
>>case it was a simple change to a checkbox, or something.
> 
> 
> It *almost* is a checkbox!  In WISE's idea of "a scripting language", the
> relevant line looks like this:
> 
>    Set Variable MAINDIR to %MAINDIR%
> 
> There's not a visible clue that this isn't a no-op.  If you double-click on
> the line in the WISE GUI, though, a dialog box pops up, with a dropdown list
> labeled "Operation", one of whose entries is
> 
>     Convert to short filename
> 
> There isn't another variant that adds "but only if it contains a space".

The F1 key gives you a regular windows help file, as I
remember.
And you can surround the
    Convert to short filename
thing with an if contruct that checks for a space, something like
    If MAINDIR Contains " " then
       # here the Convert thingie
    End

ciao - chris

p.s.: The whol script is in ASCII. I used to generate scripts
from WISE templates which I've written once.
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