Re: powershell compatible SPP

On 6/30/2017 23:54, [email protected] wrote:
> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Marshall
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 5:16 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: powershell compatible SPP
>
> Hi Chris,
>
>> Following a conversation with Chas Owens at YAPC::NA 2017 in 
>> Alexandria, we're working on an implemention of SPP using Windows 
>> PowerShell rather than command.com and .bat files.
>
> On a Windows 10 laptop, I opened a powershell (for the first time in 
> my life) and added the location of SPP's gcc and perl  bin folders to 
> the path:
>
> PS C:\p> 
> $Env:Path="$Env:Path;C:\_64\strawberry5.24.0-ld\c\bin;C:\_64\strawberry5.24.0-ld\perl\bin"
>
> (I'm not proposing that as the solution - I would think you'd want to 
> provide an alternative to portableshell.bat that does that for the user.)

Yes, something like portableshell.ps1

> But does that provide the functionality that's required ? ... or are 
> there some issues regarding the functionality thus obtained ?

The main one is without command.com, all the .bat files for running
perl scripts as programs (think pdl2 or perldl) won't run. I was
thinking to replace the batch files with PowerShell functions (or
cmdlets as they call them).

> It seemed fine to me - whereas running SPP's portableshell.bat from 
> inside an already existing powershell seemed to bugger up the shell's 
> behavioural characteristics.
>

Can't run .bat files wihout a command.com.  I'm hoping for
a next generation portable shell dot bat.

Cheers,
Chris