Re: [MiNT] 1.17 Release - Call for documentation updates !

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:03:05 , "Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de> wrote:
> Am 08.08.2010, 13:52 Uhr, schrieb Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>:
>
> >> > And, oh! I just remember some complain about the LAUNCH variable being
> >> > ignored,
> >> > when starting up. I don't understand why, as there is the following
> >> line
> >> > into
> >> > the cnf file : launcher = u:\opt\toswin2\tw-call.prg and there
> >> actually
> >> > is
> >> > the tw-call.prg file into the opt folder.
> >>
> >> Look in the docs (see my previous post - it's launchpath now, launcher
> >> is
> >> deprecated since ages).
> >>
> >
> > I still have launcher = u:\opt\toswin2\tw-call.app  in xaaes.cnf
> > I am not sure what tw-call does, something to do with toswin ?
> >
> > What does launchpath do ?  I read the docs but I am not clear.
>
> "
> LAUNCHPATH <character-sequence>
>
> Define directory from where the XaAES-launcher starts programs. A pattern
> to select typical executable files may be appended.
>
> Example: launchpath = u:\usr\gem\¦*.prg¦*.app¦!*.*¦*.acc
> "
>
> What is not clear?

What is it for and what does it do ? What is Xaaes launcher ?

Aren't these patterns handled by Thing ?

Peter