[Eric] Too many .bat files in Python directory in Windows?

detlev detlev at die-offenbachs.de
Tue Aug 3 17:50:43 BST 2010


On Dienstag, 3. August 2010, Francesco Biccari wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> woldn't be better to remove all those batch files generated by the
> Eric installation
> in the Python directory? I think a single eric5.bat or eric4.bat is enough.

The other .bat files are there to start the eric tools.

> 
> Moreover, why Eric still use this kind of "launcher"?
> Maybe an entry in the Start Menù is more user friendly and modern.

Ok, how would I do this at installation time? I am not a Windows programmer. 
If anybody could even contribute an NSIS installer script, that would be 
great.

> 
> Finally why leave the command line interface open?
> I suggest to modify the eric5.bat file in this way:
> 
> @start "Eric5" C:\Python31\pythonw.exe
> C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\eric5\eric5.py %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8
> %9
> 

I'll have a look at this.

Regards,
Detlev
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