Re: [Rails-devel] double-clicking to run?

[Tom M. <tom...@gm...>]

Sorry Jim. Your post got lost in the flurry if emails. Do you still need copy if the batch file I use?


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Tom McCorry

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> On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:43, James Romano <rom...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> Thank you, Stefan.  
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>> yes it is possible to pass the rails file as a command-line option:
>> 
>> The java jar command looks like the following:
>> java -jar rails-1.7.12.jar 1830.rails
>> 
>> rails.bat and rails.sh are only wrappers around this command:
>> 
>> Content of rails.bat e.g. is:
>> "java -jar rails-1.7.12.jar %1"
>> 
>> So the first argument after rails.bat or rails.sh is given to Rails and
>> starts that save file.
>> 
>> For Rails 2.0:
>> In the current Rails 2.0 alpha 4 release this does not work, as I
>> refactored game loading. However this is fixed now in rails_2_develop
>> branch. So this will be possible with the next alpha again.
>> 
>> Stefan
>> 
>> On 03/08/2014 03:38 AM, James Romano wrote:
>> > Hi Tom,
>> >
>> > I still like to see how you do this.
>> >
>> > I guess the real question is whether it's possible to pass the save file
>> > name into Rails when via the java command, somehow.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/10/2014 2:00 PM, Tom McCorry wrote:
>> >> I can send when I am home this evening.
>> >> Sent via BlackBerry
>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> *From: * James Romano <rom...@gm...>
>> >> *Date: *Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:58:46 -0600
>> >> *To: *<tom...@gm...>; Development list for Rails: an 18xx
>> >> game<rai...@li...>
>> >> *Subject: *Re: [Rails-devel] double-clicking to run?
>> >>
>> >> Hi Tom,
>> >>
>> >> I could associate the .rails type to the .bat file that runs rails via
>> >> the java command.  I think I could also set it up so that
>> >> double-clicking on the .rails file passes the save file (.rails file)
>> >> name to the .bat file and so that the .bat file would then pass the
>> >> the save file name into the java command somehow.  Does the java
>> >> command allow such an argument, would it be passed along to Rails in a
>> >> sensible way, and would Rails interpret it as a save file to load?  I
>> >> take it from your success that your answers to all those questions are
>> >> "yes."
>> >>
>> >> Could you share the java command used in your batch file so that I may
>> >> see how the file name argument should be passed along?
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Tom McCorry <tom...@gm...
>> >> <mailto:tom...@gm...>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     I have a batch file I use with Windows that I associate with the
>> >>     .rails file type. This allows me to double-click on a .rails file
>> >>     no matter what directory it resides in and have the Rails program
>> >>     autostart.
>> >>
>> >>     Sent via BlackBerry
>> >>
>> >>     -----Original Message-----
>> >>     From: James Romano <rom...@gm...
>> >>     <mailto:rom...@gm...>>
>> >>     Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:33:26
>> >>     To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx
>> >>     game<rai...@li...
>> >>     <mailto:rai...@li...>>
>> >>     Reply-To: "Development list for Rails: an 18xx game"
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>> >>     Subject: [Rails-devel] double-clicking to run?
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