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jirsoft

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Posted: 09:32pm 15 Dec 2020

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Hi,
maybe you have found this or you have another method, but maybe this can help somebody.

My method for creating shortcuts for starting different applications.

1. Create somewhere directory (my is LINKs)
2. Into this directory put for every app needed short BASIC program, I have here:
SE.BAS for SimplEd, NC.BAS for Napoleon Commander, LIB.BAS for library testing etc.
3. in every BASIC program write just command RUN with full path to application. So my SE.BAS looks so:

RUN "/JirSoft/SimplEd/SimplEd.BAS"

4. OPTION SEARCH PATH "/LINKs" (path to your link directory

Now I can just write *se to start SimplEd... If your apps are using INCLUDE files, maybe you need to put to the begin of BASIC program line:

CHDIR MM.INFO$(PATH)

This will after start of the program switch current directory to path where was program startet from.

Jiri
Napoleon Commander and SimplEd for CMM2 (GitHub), CMM2.fun

thwill

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Joined: 16/09/2019
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Posted: 10:42pm 15 Dec 2020

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Hi Jiri,

See http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=16&TID=12409

- Use EXECUTE instead of calling RUN directly that way you can pass through any command line arguments.
- Don't worry about #INCLUDE that is always resolved relative to the location of the file doing the including.
- Avoid calling CHDIR or at least always make sure you CHDIR back as soon as you can as it is really annoying if when a program exils it leaves you in a different directory from where you started.
- Don't forget to refer to any assets/file resources that a program needs by their absolute path, MM.INFO$(PATH) is your friend.

YMMV,

Tom

MMBasic for Linux, Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures

jirsoft

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Posted: 12:50am 16 Dec 2020

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Hi Tom,

thwill said Hi Jiri,

See http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?FID=16&TID=12409

- Use EXECUTE instead of calling RUN directly that way you can pass through any command line arguments.
you are right with arguments, I use it just for quick start of apps, not tools

- Don't worry about #INCLUDE that is always resolved relative to the location of the file doing the including.
that's exactly the problem, my method start the program with CWD set as LINKs directory, so it will not find relative includes

- Avoid calling CHDIR or at least always make sure you CHDIR back as soon as you can as it is really annoying if when a program exils it leaves you in a different directory from where you started.
again, I'm starting the programs in many different directories, so it make no sense to go back (but can be done)

- Don't forget to refer to any assets/file resources that a program needs by their absolute path, MM.INFO$(PATH) is your friend.
it was in my last point. I'm using absolute paths just on includes from my library, everywhere else it's better use just relative paths because of possibility of moving the app
YMMV,

Tom

But anyway thanks

Jiri
Napoleon Commander and SimplEd for CMM2 (GitHub), CMM2.fun

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