Re: Exe Naming on Windows

Thanks for responding. Glad I could contribute an idea!

On 7/28/09, Alexander Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hm, this for sure makes sense. During the last months we had a poll
> whether to drop or keep Ansi support and there was at least one user
> with Windows 98 so we decided to keep it.
>
> WinMerge for example uses the names "WinMerge.exe" (Ansi) and
> "WinMergeU.exe" (Unicode). At least for the last versions I recall. With
> these names its not easier to chose the "default" version. Probably the
> one without the suffix (which is wrong on 99% of the Windows
> installations today).
>
> But the concern makes sense. The Unicode build will be "rapidsvn.exe"
> and the Ansi build "rapidsvn_ansi.exe":
> http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=665
>
> Alex
>
>
> Andrew Powell schrieb:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> What was the reasoning behind the choice of the EXE file names on
>> windows? I ask this because I'm not aware of a Windows OS within the
>> last 10 years that doesn't support unicode. It would have made much
>> more logical sense to continue following the original naming structure
>> by naming the primary exe rapidsvn.exe as per usual, and naming the
>> specialized ansi executable as such (rapidsvn_ansi.exe). Additionally,
>> how are your basic users going to know which exe to run if they opt
>> out of creating the shortcuts during install?
>>
>> Just looking for some clarity on this change. It seems a bit odd to
>> have two executable files which specify what each is for, neither
>> being the seemingly default exe.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
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