[Eric] Eric5.bat console window

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hello Victor,

I implemented your solution. Unfortunately I am observing some strange issues. 
I have several Python versions installed (2.6, 2.7, 3.1). It works fine for 
eric5 and Python 3.1. However, the same kind of batchfile doesn't work for the 
Python 2 variants and eric4. If I remove the "start" from the script, it is 
ok. What am I doing wrong?

Regards,
Detlev

On Freitag, 18. Februar 2011, Victor Varvariuc wrote:
> I would like to suggest changing some of the .bat scripts for Eric on
> Windows. I am using Eric5, but i think the same applies to Eric4.
> 
> The problem with the eric5.bat is the following:
> > While running a command line program or some GUI initiated from command
> > line on Windows, there is always a black console window on the screen.
> > This sometime becomes annoying. For example, when you start the Eric
> > Python IDE on Windows, normally you start it by calling a batch file
> > “eric4.bat” which calls the actual eric4.py script sequentially. Since
> > Eric4 is designed to be a GUI program, the black console window has no
> > use but it is there.
> 
> http://9rivers.linkka.com/2010/07/29/hide-the-command-console-window-while-
> running-a-guicommand-line-program-on-windows/
> 
> I found a way to start eric5.bat without the console window:
> > @echo off
> > rem Start Eric5 with command line parameters
> > set CURRDIR=%~dp0
> > start "%CURRDIR%\pythonw.exe"
> > "%CURRDIR%\Lib\site-packages\eric5\eric5.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
> 
> This is not only hiding console window. It also uses relative pathes. So it
> makes .bat scripts more portable.


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Detlev Offenbach
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