The common way of running Java applications (and hence Clojure code) on Windows seems to be to use a batch file wrapper (for example, lein.bat for Leiningen). It seems to me that there are a number of issues with this:
1. Batch files don't nest well - if I want to call lein.bat from within another batch file, I have to remember to say "call lein arg arg..." rather than simply "lein arg arg..." as the latter doesn't return to the calling script. 2. I use JP Software's Take Command, which implements a command language almost, but not precisely, like that of cmd.exe. As a result, lein.bat (in particular, possibly others) fails with syntax errors. I appreciate that this is a Take Command problem (and it's not too hard to work around, in fact) but nevertheless it does routinely trip me up. And presumably other Take Command users have the same problem. 3. Using a bat file to start a GUI application from Explorer causes an unnecessary and ugly console window to appear. Before I spend time trying to solve a problem that the Java community turns out to have solved years ago, is there another solution that people use? Or is it just one of those things that Windows people put up with (I'm not a typical Windows user, I guess :-))? Thanks, Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
