Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-11-01 Thread Uwe Bonnes
> "Jesse" == Jesse Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jesse> On 10/31/05, Jesse Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So could we have a program or launcher in wine to launch programs the >> "windows" way? Jesse> Just to let ya'll know, I've found winefile.exe will execute J

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Jesse Allen
On 10/31/05, Jesse Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So could we have a program or launcher in wine to launch programs the > "windows" way? Just to let ya'll know, I've found winefile.exe will execute programs the "windows" way, and LogicWorks does work launching from it. Er... it launches, but

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Jesse Allen
On 10/31/05, Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:08:36 -0500, Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: > > This is a patch to fix the primary bug on DungeonKeeper. I am surprised > > this bug was overlooked up to 0.9, since this is such a basic > > characteristic of Windows. > > I thi

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Jesse Allen
On 10/31/05, Alex Villací­s Lasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a patch to fix the primary bug on DungeonKeeper. I am surprised > this bug was overlooked up to 0.9, since this is such a basic > characteristic of Windows. > > The basic problem is that Wine is passing the argv[] array unmodifi

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Mike Hearn
On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 19:18 +0100, Molle Bestefich wrote: > Uhm. Explain to me how the above ratifies _not_ converting the > Unix-style path to a Windows-style path before handing it to the app? > We ARE trying to emulate Windows, are we not? Cut the sarcasm please, there's no need for that here

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Uwe Bonnes
> "Molle" == Molle Bestefich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... Molle> Uhm. Explain to me how the above ratifies _not_ converting the Molle> Unix-style path to a Windows-style path before handing it to the Molle> app? We ARE trying to emulate Windows, are we not? Please verify you

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Lionel Ulmer
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 07:18:24PM +0100, Molle Bestefich wrote: > Uhm. Explain to me how the above ratifies _not_ converting the > Unix-style path to a Windows-style path before handing it to the app? > We ARE trying to emulate Windows, are we not? There is a difference between converting an Un

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Molle Bestefich
Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: > This differs from standard behavior in MS-DOS and Windows, > where the argv[0] of the process contains a fully qualified DOS-style > path (such as C:\WINDOWS\FOO.EXE) regardless of the method used to run > the executable. > This means that [...] the PE process receive

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Lionel Ulmer
> I think the conclusion last time we looked at this was that this is > actually a characteristic of Explorer, not Windows, and so it's really > caused by the fact that most Wine users run the apps from the command line > not via the shortcuts. If you run Dungeon Keeper in the wrong way from the >

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Lionel Ulmer
On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:08:36PM -0500, Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: > BTW, could you please post the mouse-cursor issue patch? I also have a > Japanese RPG for which the mouse cursor gets stuck at the center of the > window, and I think that problem and the one in DungeonKeeper might be > one

Re: KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Mike Hearn
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:08:36 -0500, Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: > This is a patch to fix the primary bug on DungeonKeeper. I am surprised > this bug was overlooked up to 0.9, since this is such a basic > characteristic of Windows. I think the conclusion last time we looked at this was that this is

KERNEL: force copying of DOS-style path into argv[0] of PE process (was: Re: Queries about some 'usability' points) - partially fixes #3542

2005-10-31 Thread Alex Villací­s Lasso
Lionel Ulmer wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 04:17:17PM -0500, Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: The page says that you have a patch that fixes something. Is that the issue about the executable path name, or the one about the game refusing to go past the splash screen, or the one about the mouse c

Re: Queries about some 'usability' points

2005-10-28 Thread Lionel Ulmer
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 04:17:17PM -0500, Alex Villací­s Lasso wrote: > The page says that you have a patch that fixes something. Is that the > issue about the executable path name, or the one about the game refusing > to go past the splash screen, or the one about the mouse cursor? It's only fi

Re: Queries about some 'usability' points

2005-10-27 Thread Alex Villací­s Lasso
Lionel Ulmer wrote: Could you please indicate which application has this behavior? Can you provide a download URL? All info here: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3542 Lionel (will answer to your other points after some more tests in Windows :-) ) The page

Re: Queries about some 'usability' points

2005-10-27 Thread Lionel Ulmer
> Could you please > indicate which application has this behavior? Can you provide a download > URL? All info here: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3542 Lionel (will answer to your other points after some more tests in Windows :-) ) -- Lionel Ulme

Re: Queries about some 'usability' points

2005-10-27 Thread Alex Villací­s Lasso
Lionel Ulmer wrote: Hi all, There are just two (unrelated) points that I would like to discuss: = the possibility to add a 'wine' launcher. Basically what happens is that some (maybe only one :-) ) application takes as an assumption that it is started via 'double clicking' on the .EXE file

Queries about some 'usability' points

2005-10-27 Thread Lionel Ulmer
Hi all, There are just two (unrelated) points that I would like to discuss: = the possibility to add a 'wine' launcher. Basically what happens is that some (maybe only one :-) ) application takes as an assumption that it is started via 'double clicking' on the .EXE file or via the installe