Issues on windows
Whil- opened this issue · comments
Hi!
Nice to see how you've configured your plugins into a ready to go Emacs! I realize it has not been configured for Windows though, but still thought of registering this issue. Do with it what you like!
So, this is my log in emacs after initially managing to install this radian package in windows:
$ cd "c:/Users/gusta/"
$ "find" "/dev/null" "-newermt" "2018-01-01 12:00:00"
FIND: Invalid switch
[Return code: 2]
$ cd "c:/Users/gusta/"
$ "touch" "-d" "2020-06-15 14:24:25" "c:/Users/gusta/.emacs.d/straight/mtimes/2020-06-15 14:24:25"
[File error while searching for program]
the FIND: Invalid switch ofc. is because it looks for the windows-version of find. I have configured this in init.local.el already though:
(setq straight-find-executable (expand-file-name "C:/msys64/usr/bin/find.exe"))
So a bit surprising with that error. Maybe find is used to early in the init-process?
Second error is due to touch not being available on Windows. Haven't found a workaround for that yet, except adding msys64/usr/bin to $path. Something I'd rather avoid.
Best
Gustav
Oh, should mention that the code above is from the *straight-process* buffer.
Maybe you can change the windows OS env to make sure the msys2 prior to OS.
In fact, you've found a bug. I was not respecting the value of straight-find-executable for that particular find command. Try with the latest commit :)
Regarding your second concern, would it be good enough if there were a straight-touch-executable user option which you could customize?
To be clear, by the way, you'll need to go into ~/.emacs.d/straight/repos/straight.el or its equivalent on Windows and then pull, since I have not pushed an update to Radian.
In fact, you've found a bug. I was not respecting the value of
straight-find-executablefor that particularfindcommand. Try with the latest commit :)
Great, will try it out. Side-question; Any reason for not using find-program and creating a separate variable for straight?
Regarding your second concern, would it be good enough if there were a
straight-touch-executableuser option which you could customize?
Yes, that sounds resonable
To be clear, by the way, you'll need to go into
~/.emacs.d/straight/repos/straight.elor its equivalent on Windows and then pull, since I have not pushed an update to Radian.
Got it.
Since the name for this issue is kind of broad I'll take the opportunity to raise another concern. And it relates to the compilation process that is set up. This also breaks on windows. Relying on make and bash-scripts for compilation as is done in radian-byte-compile will break in 99% of windows users configurations. Either it should only be active on non-windows machines or some kind of conditional logic is needed to determine how to do the external compilation.
Regards.
Your point is fair. You should open a new issue just for that, so that others may easily find it and perhaps contribute a solution.