I will add that to the next release! Thank you :o)
Am 15.09.2014 um 20:23 schrieb Alex Becker:
> Back at home, I tested the Perl6 shortcut in the start menu.
> It's not what I was looking for.
>
> I was expecting something similar to the developper command prompt of
> Visual Studio. Something like this:
> * Open a console window where PATH is set up to find everything
> related to Perl 6
> * Be able to run a command like "perl6 my_script.pl
> <http://my_script.pl>" and have a look at the result
>
> At the moment, the shortcut only opens an interactive shell. I never
> had use for such a shell - regardless of the language (personal
> opinion, of course).
>
> For example, you can define
> C:\rakudo\bin\perl6-developer-console-startup.cmd as follows:
> @echo OFF
> SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\rakudo\bin
> echo Welcome to the Perl 6 developer console.
> call perl6 -v
> echo Type 'perl6 your_script.pl <http://your_script.pl>' to run
> your_script.pl <http://your_script.pl>
> @echo ON
>
> And then create a shortcut C:\rakudo\bin\Perl6 Developer Console.lnk
> with the following command:
>
> %comspec% /k "C:\rakudo\bin\perl6-developer-console-startup.cmd"
>
>
> It will open a console, set the path, print perl version, and a
> welcome message.
>
> 2014-09-14 14:07 GMT+02:00 Tobias Leich <em...@froggs.de
> <mailto:em...@froggs.de>>:
>
> There is already a shurtcut to the perl6 interpreter (REPL) in the
> start
> menu.
> And since the msi is for windows only, we don't have to care about
> linux
> and mac here :o)
>
> But I'd propose more links perhaps...
> rakudo.org <http://rakudo.org>
> perl6.org <http://perl6.org>
> docs.perl6.org <http://docs.perl6.org>
> maybe even one to the freenode webchat
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Am 14.09.2014 um 13:58 schrieb Alex:
> > Hi!
> >
> > After I had a look at the book, I would say yes, please add to
> book to the installer.
> > And please add a start menu entry, with 2 shortcuts:
> > One to the book and
> > One to a console where one can immediately run perl6 (where
> perl6 is added to path)
> >
> > This idea should be portable, providing shortcuts on Mac or any
> other Linux box should, work, too.
> >
> > Best regards and thanks for all the answers!
> >
> >> Am 11.09.2014 um 10:56 schrieb Tobias Leich <em...@froggs.de
> <mailto:em...@froggs.de>>:
> >>
> >> My question would be: shall we install the book too, and add
> the book
> >> and useful links to the start menu?
> >>
> >>> Am 11.09.2014 um 10:29 schrieb Kamil Kułaga:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Install path is known limitation
> >>> https://github.com/rakudo/star/issues/10 If you want custom
> path you
> >>> need to compile it from source for now
> >>>
> >>> Where to begin?
> >>>
> >>> I propose to start:
> >>> http://perlgeek.de/en/article/5-to-6 to know biggest
> differences
> >>>
> >>> then:
> >>> http://doc.perl6.org/language.html and of course rest of
> >>> http://doc.perl6.org/
> >>>
> >>> If you want something really verbose http://perlcabal.org/syn/
> Even
> >>> though it is mainly targeted to compiler authors it great
> because is
> >>> the most complete
> >>>
> >>> Also http://perl6.org contains link to other resources
> >>>
> >>> I hope didn't write to much for a first time
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Alex Becker
> <asb.c...@gmail.com <mailto:asb.c...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> Hi!
> >>>>
> >>>> I downloaded rakudo-star-2014.08-moar.msi.
> >>>> When it was done, luckily, I noticed that it installed on
> C:\rakudo.
> >>>> It was luck because no message indicated that install
> location and I found
> >>>> it only because I checked if the installer would really put
> it on my small
> >>>> OS SSD (= bad).
> >>>>
> >>>> Then, I searched for the documentation. I'm sorry, I didn't
> find it. Where
> >>>> is it? I expected some doc folder, a web page, or a link in
> the start menu
> >>>> (I like that best).
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a "getting started" guide?
> >>>>
> >>>> I want to check if some of my scripts work with Perl 6.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>> Alex
>
>
