From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.42.103.212 with SMTP id n20mr27026943ico.10.1426013208798; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.27.130 with SMTP id 2mr559720qgx.6.1426013208748; Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!hl2no8943516igb.0!news-out.google.com!db6ni44597igc.0!nntp.google.com!hl2no8943506igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=31.53.15.235; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 31.53.15.235 References: <973cdbad-228c-401f-bd51-d2bac0d1549e@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <24828c41-4fbf-4af0-baea-afe7e98f9814@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:46:48 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:192457 Date: 2015-03-10T11:46:48-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 5:55:15 PM UTC, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:20:30 -0800 (PST), MM declaimed > the following: > > >Hi > > > >You have a terminology problem which makes you harder to understand. > > > >> Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling > >> of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say. > > > >Programs are not "established"; they are "compiled (and linked)" or "built". > > > But if you elide the middle part, leaving "... establish a ... link > for..." it makes perfect sense... > > At least to me, this is a request for how to create shortcut icons that > will let him run his programs without loading the IDE and doing a build/run > sequence. > > Of course, how one creates such shortcuts is dependent upon which OS is > being used, possibly which windowing manager for some, whether the shortcut > is supposed to be for all-users or for the single login, and if the program > so linked needs an environment around it (does it open its own windows, or > is it a command line program -- since in Windows my experience is that many > command line programs will open a console window, but that window vanishes > as soon as the program exits; no chance to read any error messages), or > even if it needs to obtain command line arguments which may need to be > provided by the shortcut. > > > > For making it usable to others, I'd recommend the OP study up on the > standard installer/package managers for the system he's using... > > In either event, NONE of the questions have anything to do with the use > of Ada, and everything to do with the computer system in general. Something > likely more than an appliance user is willing to undertake. > > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN > wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ Many thanks Dennis for that useful advice - Austin O'byrne