RUN external program LB5 alpha-build 351 Lin32bit

[metro]

Kick starting an external (editor) program works for me but if I want that program to open a specific file
I do not get the desired result.

With a Bash script the editor will start and load the required file but from LB5 I get a new blank file.



'print DefaultDir$
   'Windows specific example, but RUN is also supported on
   'MacOS and Linux.
   open "example.txt" for output as #runx
   print #runx, "This is a test."
   print #runx, "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
   print #runx, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."
   print #runx, "We will go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard."
   close #runx
prog2run$= DefaultDir$;"example.txt"
print prog2run$
   RUN "xed prog2run$"
'RUN "DefaultDir$;example.txt"

EDIT: Hardcoded path works

RUN "xed /home/laurie/lb5x32-351/lb5alpha-351/bas_files/example.txt"

[Brandon Parker]

I think you are using the "Run" statement incorrectly. You need to concatenate the prog2run$ variable with the "xed " string. I used Notepad.exe, but the premise is still the same.

Here is how it should be set up.
RUN "notepad.exe ";prog2run$

Note that the variable is outside of the quotes and concatenated ...

With the way you have it, you are literally trying to open a file with a filepath and name as "prog2run$" ...


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Brandon Parker

[metro]

Jan 1, 2021 22:28:56 GMT -5 Brandon Parker said:

I think you are using the "Run" statement incorrectly. You need to concatenate the prog2run$ variable with the "xed " string. I used Notepad.exe, but the premise is still the same.

Here is how it should be set up.
RUN "notepad.exe ";prog2run$

Note that the variable is outside of the quotes and concatenated ...

With the way you have it, you are literally trying to open a file with a filepath and name as "prog2run$" ...


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Brandon Parker

Thanks Brandon,

🤦