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 10.66.140.66 with SMTP id re2mr19657225pab.29.1425758921576; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:08:41 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.98.7 with SMTP id n7mr331894qge.13.1425758921510; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:08:41 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!hl2no4808400igb.0!news-out.google.com!db6ni44597igc.0!nntp.google.com!hl2no6706769igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 12:08:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=88.96.155.33; posting-account=r0RePAgAAABkc8iAou09Mtfbf-fnKQql NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.96.155.33 References: <973cdbad-228c-401f-bd51-d2bac0d1549e@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say. From: MM Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:41 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25142 Date: 2015-03-07T12:08:41-08:00 List-Id: On Saturday, 7 March 2015 17:55:15 UTC, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:20:30 -0800 (PST), MM declaimed > >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. Interesting take! I have seen the OP's programs, and his programming sophistication is very low indeed. His user interface is a combination of source-code editing (using his very ancient IDE) and the program soliciting input in an interactive series of prompts/reads. What he appears to ask for and what he actually wants are frequently very different. It is vaguely conceivable he was asking how to make a desktop symlink (Correct name shortcut? I'm a Unix weenie), but I suspect he wants a GUI first, and I doubt he'll make any headway. I've done a PoC GUI in Ada, and I didn't enjoy the experience. M --