Looks like this is the problem:<br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">START has a peculiarity involving double quotes around the first
parameter. If the first parameter has double quotes it uses that as the
optional TITLE for the new window. <br></blockquote><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154075/using-the-dos-start-command-with-parameters-passed-to-the-started-program">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154075/using-the-dos-start-command-with-parameters-passed-to-the-started-program</a><br>
<br>This should work:<br><blockquote>rem Start Eric4 with command line parameters<br>cd %~dp0<br>start pythonw.exe Lib\site-packages\eric4\eric4.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9<br></blockquote><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Victor Varvariuc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:victor.varvariuc@gmail.com">victor.varvariuc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Try this version:<br><blockquote style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">rem Start Eric4 with command line parameters<br>cd %~dp0<br>pythonw.exe Lib\site-packages\eric4\eric4.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9<br>
</blockquote><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Detlev Offenbach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:detlev@die-offenbachs.de" target="_blank">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Sonntag, 20. Februar 2011, Victor Varvariuc wrote:<br>
> I installed Python-2.7.1, PyQt-Py2.7-x86-gpl-4.8.3-1, eric4-4.4.12, and and<br>
> also could not start Eric without taking out 'start'.<br>
> Looks like it is because of Python several versions installed (maybe<br>
> 'start' uses some extension bindings and is trying to start Python3 for<br>
> eric4?). Anyway, i installed the same files on clean WinXp without having<br>
> Python3 installed, at it worked is supposed.<br>
> Also i've got a message from a guy, who says it worked for him:<br>
<br>
</div>Meanwhile I modified the install script and added a '-s' option that cause the<br>
script to leave out the "start " part of the batch file. This way the user can<br>
choose.<br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:37 AM, <erik@*<a href="http://brown.com" target="_blank">brown.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Victor,<br>
> ><br>
> > Very cool. I recently started using Eric4 and this has been bugging<br>
> > me.<br>
> ><br>
> > Haven't had time to look into this, but I applied your changes to the<br>
> > eric4.bat script and worked like a charm.<br>
> ><br>
> > Enjoy,<br>
> ><br>
> > Erik<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Detlev Offenbach<br>
> <<a href="mailto:detlev@die-offenbachs.de" target="_blank">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</a><br>
><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hello Victor,<br>
> ><br>
> > I implemented your solution. Unfortunately I am observing some strange<br>
> > issues.<br>
> > I have several Python versions installed (2.6, 2.7, 3.1). It works fine<br>
> > for eric5 and Python 3.1. However, the same kind of batchfile doesn't<br>
> > work for the<br>
> > Python 2 variants and eric4. If I remove the "start" from the script, it<br>
> > is ok. What am I doing wrong?<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> > Detlev<br>
> ><br>
> > On Freitag, 18. Februar 2011, Victor Varvariuc wrote:<br>
> > > I would like to suggest changing some of the .bat scripts for Eric on<br>
> > > Windows. I am using Eric5, but i think the same applies to Eric4.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > The problem with the eric5.bat is the following:<br>
> > > > While running a command line program or some GUI initiated from<br>
> > > > command line on Windows, there is always a black console window on<br>
> > > > the screen. This sometime becomes annoying. For example, when you<br>
> > > > start the Eric Python IDE on Windows, normally you start it by<br>
> > > > calling a batch file “eric4.bat” which calls the actual eric4.py<br>
> > > > script sequentially. Since Eric4 is designed to be a GUI program,<br>
> > > > the black console window has no use but it is there.<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://9rivers.linkka.com/2010/07/29/hide-the-command-console-window-whil" target="_blank">http://9rivers.linkka.com/2010/07/29/hide-the-command-console-window-whil</a><br>
> > e-<br>
> ><br>
> > > running-a-guicommand-line-program-on-windows/<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I found a way to start eric5.bat without the console window:<br>
> > > > @echo off<br>
> > > > rem Start Eric5 with command line parameters<br>
> > > > set CURRDIR=%~dp0<br>
> > > > start "%CURRDIR%\pythonw.exe"<br>
> > > > "%CURRDIR%\Lib\site-packages\eric5\eric5.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8<br>
> ><br>
> > %9<br>
> ><br>
> > > This is not only hiding console window. It also uses relative pathes.<br>
> > > So<br>
> ><br>
> > it<br>
> ><br>
> > > makes .bat scripts more portable.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Detlev Offenbach<br>
> > <a href="mailto:detlev@die-offenbachs.de" target="_blank">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</a><br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>--<br>
<div><div></div><div>Detlev Offenbach<br>
<a href="mailto:detlev@die-offenbachs.de" target="_blank">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</a><br>
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