On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 8:14 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
<perl6-us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:44 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users
>> <perl6-us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>
<mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org <mailto:perl6-us...@perl.org>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Windows 10-1909 Pro
>>
>> raku -v
>> This is Rakudo version 2020.01 built on MoarVM version
>> 2020.01.1 implementing Perl 6.d.
>>
>> I am opening Raku from the registry with
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\OpenWithFileAttributes.pl6\command]
>> @="\"C:\\rakudo\\bin\\raku.exe\"
>> \"K:\\Windows\\NtUtil\\FileAttributes.pl6\" \"%1\""
>>
>> Problem: up pops a big black box with Raku running it in.
>> Is there a way to rid myself of the big black box?
>> (I have pops for the information that is reported to
>> the user.)
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
On 2020-03-30 08:04, yary wrote:
> This is a Windows explorer/shell issue. Search the web; this is one
> approach - use cmd with some switches to start with the window
minimized
>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4277963/how-to-call-cmd-without-opening-a-window
>
> I'm a fan of Emacs on all my platforms; their solution in Windows
is a
> tiny executable that opens Emacs without having the secondary shell
> window, if I understand correctly.
>
> -y
Rats. I was hoping it was something in Raku's run string.
Thank you for the CMD tip!
On 2020-03-30 19:08, Brad Gilbert wrote:
There is a bit in the executable that tells windows to open a terminal.
If you copy the executable to say rakudo_no_terminal.exe and change that
bit in the copy, then Windows won't show you a terminal.
How/where do I change this bit? Hex Edit?
I can see a lot of use for this!!
Thank you!
-T