Re: Experimental Microsoft Windows binary

[Ben Pfaff]

Doubled lines are definitely not normal. I haven't noticed that on
GNU/Linux; if I do,
then I will fix it.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 6:23 AM Alan Mead <amead2@alanmead.org> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> Thanks for looking into this. Your Windows binary seemed to work fine for me 
> in light testing.
>
> Unlike Dr. Walter, I was able to export to PDF but in this log, every line 
> was doubled. Is that normal? I'm attaching the PDF.
>
> Does the installation script uninstall over versions? If not (and perhaps 
> until that is completely tested) I would recommend a warning for the user to 
> manually uninstall all prior versions first.
>
> I think this is great and we should ask for wider testing.
>
> -Alan
>
>
> On 3/27/2021 10:29 AM, John Darrington wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 03:11:15PM +0100, Dr. Oliver Walter wrote:
>      Thank you, John Darrington. I tested your installer on a Windows 10
>      computer. PSPP was installed, but a DOS window also opened and had some
>      warnings:
>
> I noticed these too, but I think they are harmless.
>
>      I did a simple linear regression analysis and got some results, but I was
>      not able to export the PSPP output into a working pdf file: The pdf file
>      was created, but when I opened it it was empty.
>
> That is strange.  I explicitly tested that feature and it certainly worked for
> me.
>
>
> Since I don't normally use windows, I'm afraid it is going to be up to more
> knowledgeable about windows to fix these issues.
>
> Thanks for the report anyway.
>
> J'
>
>
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