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Re: OT - gcc for Windows not being recognized by Windows 7

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On 06/07/2015 14:55, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> Sorry, but I'm not here to solve your problems for you. Suffice it to say that
> hundreds of thousands of other programmers have managed to solve this and
> still follow the Unix config file placement rules.

Well, some people don't agree. Is that not allowed?

> Further discussion of this should be directed to one of the unix or linux
> programming groups.

Sounds like I will be in the lion's den.

> [snip]
>> But it really shouldn't matter: you want to be able do things
>> Windows-like under Linux, and Linux-like under Windows according to
>> preferences.
> [snip]
>
> And, now we get to the heart of the matter: "I did it this way in Windows, I
> want to do it the same way in Unix."
>
> Sorry. Different systems require different solutions.

Sorry, why? Kenny said some Linux apps install themselves in a Windows 
manner, so it is possible. And people can create a Linux-like file 
structure in Windows if they are that desperate to distribute the 
elements of their applications as far and wide as possible.

> You may want to drive on the right side of the road in the UK or Australia,
> because that's the way you drive in USA or Canada, but your desire isn't
> going to get you very far.

Wrong analogy. Driving on the left or right are just different-handed 
ways of doing the same thing.

A more apt one is to split the party up so each is driving their own 
car, and with a different start point and destination!

> Suck it up, buttercup, and write a solution appropriate to the platform, and
> not appropriate to your prejudices or preferences.

Suppose I manage to put all my support files directly into an executable 
as accessible data; then what? I'm now effectively running my app just 
like Windows does, from the same path. What is going to happen? Probably 
nothing. In that case why is it such a big deal if I split the file into 
two, and access that extra file in the same place as the main executable?

-- 
Bartc

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