windows installer should play nice with other Haskell tools
traditionally, the windows installers have registered ghci as the default tool to operate on .hs/.lhs files, without regard for existing file type associations. that has been a real pain for those of us who like to use many tools on haskell files.
could you please ensure that future installers are more cooperative?
- coordinate with Neil for WinHugs, and possibly with others
- make file type registration optional
- do not overwrite existing default handler for .hs/.lhs, just add new non-default handlers (so people can use their own defaults, eg. editors, and still have easy access to ghci, hugs, ..)
this has come up many times. see also:
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2004-March/006402.html http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/hugs-users/2006-February/000656.html http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cvs.ghc/14819/ http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2006-September/011107.html http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2006-September/011110.html
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| Version | 6.4.2 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | GHCi |
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| Architecture | Unknown |