File call in windows. (Andrew_Levenson)

File call in windows.

created: 2006-03-08 22:18:12

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prlmnks

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Probably not that useful to most people, but it helps newbies like me in windows a little bit. It's a module that makes file directories/names that you drag and drop into the command prompt (for reading/writing to) readable by the program.

package FileNamePrep;

use strict;
use Exporter;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);

$VERSION = 0.1;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = ();
@EXPORT_OK = qw(promptfilename);
%EXPORT_TAGS = ( DEFAULT => [qw(promptfilename)],
		 Both => [qw(promptfilename)]);

sub promptfilename {
	my $file; 
	while(! $file){
		$file=<>;
		chomp($file);
		$file =~s/^"(.+)"$/$1/;
	}
return $file;
}
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Re: File call in windows.

liverpole

created: 2006-03-09 17:55:34

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prlmnks

That's an interesting idea -- certainly a unique approach to one of the hassles of programming under Windows.

A couple of years ago I accidentally discovered the trick of dragging an icon (folder or file) onto a command window. Ever since then, whenever I want to change directory to some visible folder, I go to the command window and type "cd ", and then drag the folder onto the command shell, and type . It also works for an open folder, by dragging the miniature folder icon from its upper left corner. Naturally, it lets you do anything to a file or folder in DOS that you could have done visually.

Of course, it being Windows, even though you're dragging text onto a command-shell, and thus changing its contents, it still doesn't select the window; you still have to click on the window right after dragging. I gotta say, the more I use Windows, the more I appreciate Linux ... :-)

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Re^2: File call in windows.

Brutha

created: 2006-03-27 04:27:58

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prlmnks

I gotta say, the more I use Windows, the more I appreciate Linux ... :)

I agree nearly completely, but especially the named feature is missing in Gnome, at least I cannot find it.

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