RE: [Bug-gnubg] Windows file association

[Nis Jorgensen]

--On 28  Nov 2002  16:14 +0100 Holger <address@hidden> wrote:


> > I think we rather should make a sgf laucher program. A program that
> > looks at   the sgf file and finds out whenever this is a Go file or
> > Backgammon file or   whatever file. Then the program can launch the 
right
> > application based on environment variables. The user can set environmant
> > variables
> > SGF_BACKGAMMON_PROGRAM, SGF_GO_PROGRAM, SGF_WHATEVER_PROGRAM,
> > SGF_BACKGAMMON_PROGPATH.
> [...] the launcher program shouldn't be based on environment variables. 
The
> SGF format provides a property that states what kind of game it is.

Yes it does. But it doesn't contain information about which program should 
be used to open which kind of game. That is what the variables are used for.

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Nis Jorgensen
Amsterdam