Re: [Iverilog-devel] Icarus keys in the Windows registry

[Michael S. <mic...@gm...>]

I'm not sure about storing in .ini file is a good idea either.
Sometimes this path can be changed and user will have a hard time wondering
why simulations stopped working.

Best regards,
Michael Strelnikov

On 7 May 2015 at 09:46, Martin Whitaker <mai...@ma...>
wrote:

> Stephen Williams wrote:
> > Ironically, after re-reading this post, I realized that setting the
> > path is exactly what we expect of users in order to get access to
> > the iverilog-vpi  tool in the first place. So, logic fail on my part.
> >
> > Still, it was my choice in the first place to locate the mingw tools
> > via the registry (not that I ever really use Windows) and my thinking
> > was to simplify the experience as much as possible, and also to not
> > pollute the users path any more then necessary. So if not a registry
> > entry, perhaps a .ini file in the iverilog install directory?
> >
> Users who have installed the MinGW compiler will most likely have added it
> to
> their path already - otherwise they won't be able to use it to compile C
> programs. In this case the current procedure complicates the user
> experience,
> because they have to run iverilog-vpi to set a path that is already known
> to
> the system. So I suggest a better solution is to first search the current
> path
> for the MinGW compiler, and if it is not found, prompt the user to enter a
> path and store it in a .ini file for future use.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
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