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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:42:23 +0000, "Glenn Hutchings"
<zondo@pillock.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 00:46:41 +0800, Kaiwen wrote:
>> Yes, it is in the default ifm-init.ifm, defined as "solver_messages =
>> 0;". I've tried setting it to 1 with the same result.
>
>This seems to be a big problem on Windows machines. I developed IFM on
>Linux (which works fine), and haven't had a Windows box for a while, so
>can't easily track down the problem. But here's a recent email I got from
>someone who does:
>
> As for running on windows, I had no problem, however I know of 2
> reasons why people may have trouble.
>
> #1. There *might* be some problems with putting the program in a
> directory which has spaces in the name. (or in a directory in another
> directory with spaces in the name, etc.)
>
> #2. Not only must IFMPATH be defined under Windows, but AFAICT it must
> be defined using cygwin notation, so if you unpack the zipfile in C:,
> IFMPATH must equal "/cygdrive/c/ifm50/lib", which most users not
> experienced with cygwin would never guess.
>
>Hope this is of some use. The next version (due Real Soon Now) will
>hopefully fix the problem properly.
>
>Glenn
I've had a similar problem with v5.0 of IFM, so I'll chip in my experience.
First, thanks for the info about "/cgydrive/c/..."; it'll save having
everything in one directory...
Unfortunately, with 5.0, it still leaves me with the following problems:
1. Even though it's in the 'ifm-init.ifm' file, 'solver_messages' is (as
above) undefined unless you put "-s solver_messages=1" on the command-line.
It IS, at the very least, noticing that the file is there, because it will
complain about "can't locate file `ifm-init.ifm'" if you get IFMPATH wrong.
2. Even with this on the command-line, it doesn't produce any output
(apart from the solver messages if you have them on) when task solving.
The following command:
ifm -t -s solver_messages=1 pirate.ifm
Only gives the following output (which appear to be the 'solver messages'):
Connecting rooms...
Setting up tasks...
Adding dependencies for task 'follow' entries
Adding dependencies for item 'before/after' lists
Adding dependencies for task 'need/get/give/after' lists
Adding dependencies for task 'lose' lists
Under 4.1, this would work OK. If I try a "-m" option for a map, it begins
complaining about a long list of variables starting with 'show_page_border'
that I haven't had the patience to exhaust.
Regards,
Graham Holden (g-holden AT dircon DOT co DOT uk)
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