Seed7 download
\nWelcome to the Seed7 installers for Windows.\nOther executables are also in this directory.
\nInstalling
\nThis directory contains the latest installer and older ones. Installers have\nnames with the following pattern:
\nseed7_05_yyyymmdd_win.exe
\nJust download the installer with the latest date (yyyy-mm-dd). It is not a\nproblem, if the installer is older than the latest source release of Seed7.\nThe installer is capable to download the latest source release. After you\nhave downloaded the installer you can start it (either from the console\n(cmd.exe) or from the Windows Explorer).
\nThe installer leads through the installation process with a dialog. It\ndetermines the latest source release of Seed7 and downloads it. If the\nlatest release cannot be downloaded a manually downloaded source release\ncan be used instead. The installer can also use a built-in release of\nSeed7. This built-in release is the one with the date of the installer.
\nThe installer asks for an installation directory for Seed7. Afterwards it\ncompiles Seed7 with the makefile seed7/src/mk_mingc.mak. The installer\nuses a built-in make utility and an encapsulated gcc. These tools do not\ninterfere with another make or gcc, which might be installed on your\ncomputer.
\nFinally the installer adds the directory with the Seed7 executables to the\nsearch path (PATH variable). Therefore it needs administrator rights. The\nprogram to change the path is setwpath.exe. The name setwpath.exe will show\nup, when you are asked to allow administrative rights for the installation.
\nThe installer can be used to update an existing Seed7 installation. The\ninstaller checks the version of an existing installation of Seed7 and\noffers the possibility to update. Update means that all files in the Seed7\ninstallation directory are replaced. Therefore it makes sense to place your\nown Seed7 programs and libraries at a different place.
\nUsage
\nSeed7 programs can be started from a console window (cmd.exe).\nJust change to the directory seed7\\prg and use the \'s7\' interpreter.\nE.g.:
\ns7 panic
\nAll programs with the extension .sd7 can be interpreted with the\n\'s7\' interpreter. The Seed7 compiler (s7c) can be used to\ncompile a program to an executable. E.g.:
\ns7c panic
\nThis generates the executable panic.exe. The executables generated\nwith the Seed7 compiler do not require a Seed7 dll. Therefore they\ncan be moved to other Windows computers.
\nMore information can be found at the Seed7 Homepage.
\nNote: Although this is a Windows release it does NOT support Windows\nspecific things like .NET and Win32. Seed7 emphasizes portability\nand I have no intention to support writing programs, which only run\nunder windows.
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