Mozilla and FireFox

[complete]

Has anyone tried building Mozille from open source?

[cr3ative]

Yes.. why?
Is there anything going wrong for you in the build?

cr3

[Twey]

I have.

[darco9x2]

how do i do that?

[Twey]

You need a good compiler - VC++ or (preferably) gcc.

[darco9x2]

i hve bloodshed dev-c++ will that work?
but where do i get the open scource?

[Twey]

www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox

[darco9x2]

thanks

[complete]

Yes.. why?
Is there anything going wrong for you in the build?

cr3

Part of the process asks me to set something in the "path".
It has been a long time since I was asked to do that. It is a throw-back to the ol' DOS days and the ol' autoexec.bat

How do I do this with Windows XP?

[Twey]

It's not a "throw-back" to anything. The path is included in an exec call to the kernel; it is very much used today. Windows, however, doesn't make it any easier on people, and arranges files by program rather than grouping executables together, which would make the path a lot more useful.
It can be edited by (I think) going to My Computer's properties and selecting the last tab in the row, then pressing a button I can't remember the name of. "Advanced" probably.
If it's not there, it's near there somewhere. Keep looking. :p

[mwinter]

Windows, however, doesn't make it any easier on people, and arranges files by program rather than grouping executables together, which would make the path a lot more useful.It would make the PATH environment variable more useful, but this 'global' grouping of executables is something that I hate about Linux (PHP, too, with its functions).

Symlinking the executables is fine, but I find it much easier to navigate a system when it has a deep directory structure, particularly when you're not familiar with a program and the utilities it provides.

It can be edited by (I think) going to My Computer's properties and selecting the last tab in the row, then pressing a button I can't remember the name of. "Advanced" probably.The Remote tab is the last in the row, with Advanced coming just before it. At the bottom of the pane is an Environment Variables button which allows a user to add or edit the system-wide environment, or the variables that apply just for their own account. Obviously, you need administrative rights to edit the system-wide variables.

As Twey said, the property sheet can be accessed from the My Computer context menu as Properties. It can also be accessed from the Control Panel under System.

Mike

[Twey]

It would make the PATH environment variable more useful, but this 'global' grouping of executables is something that I hate about Linux (PHP, too, with its functions).

Symlinking the executables is fine, but I find it much easier to navigate a system when it has a deep directory structure, particularly when you're not familiar with a program and the utilities it provides.
The more used directories can end up a bit of a mess, it's true. If you are unfamiliar with the program, extensive documentation is generally available. It may be easier to navigate a deeply structured system, but it's also much slower. Using the command line in Windows is a horrible job. There aren't even any references to where things are stored. My path ends up being several screens long.