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 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:55:11 -0600 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say. Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:55:18 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <973cdbad-228c-401f-bd51-d2bac0d1549e@googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.79.222.96 X-Trace: sv3-I011mq1j0Im3VzqGVkCdhWSKG/zvRmE5geR3gI6+5JFoIlpDaEbkWNZlbx2F2lxKnAZjrqPw9DUKMXz!Sn42SFuc1iwKDHTrOnXLj8ofPXUdwV7xhSNU/bjXBCqa7WSHNlCaoH/DuXP+HjuzSw48lPGxQiKG!9d4dRO72eYmfRTw6W3WBPtfEzuM= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3025 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25141 Date: 2015-03-07T12:55:18-05:00 List-Id: 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/