On 27 September 2015 at 16:52, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Sunday, 27 September 2015 at 06:34:29 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: >> >> On 9/26/2015 10:20 AM, Brad Anderson wrote: >>> >>> Just a little aside tip, Windows search these days is actually really >>> excellent >>> for settings like this (and programs). Windows Key + "env" + Enter is >>> enough to >>> get you to the dialog. >> >> >> Sorry, but the env dialog box is a sad joke, at least on Windows 7. >> >> 1. You cannot select any of the text in the dialog. >> 2. You cannot increase the size of the dialog. >> 3. Longer values end in "...". >> 4. You cannot edit so-called "System" environment variables. >> 5. You can scroll the list up or down, but not sideways! >> >> That all conspires to ensure that you CANNOT SEE what the longer values >> even are! It's pathetic. >> >> Back to the command line for me. > > > I think that the only aspect of it which has changed since Windows 95 is the > window style. Whenever I have to edit PATH, I copy it out of their horrible > edit box, edit it in something like vim, and then copy it back. Honestly, MS > should be embarrassed by the state of the env dialog box. > > - Jonathan M Davis
They simply don't recognise its existence. It's a piece of antiquated detritus, only used by strange people who wear woolen shirts pretending to be *nix users while using windows ;)