Pathing in the D ecosystem is generally broken (at least on windows)

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 27 September 2015 at 16:52, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 September 2015 at 06:34:29 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>> On 9/26/2015 10:20 AM, Brad Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a little aside tip, Windows search these days is actually really
>>> excellent
>>> for settings like this (and programs). Windows Key + "env" + Enter is
>>> enough to
>>> get you to the dialog.
>>
>>
>> Sorry, but the env dialog box is a sad joke, at least on Windows 7.
>>
>> 1. You cannot select any of the text in the dialog.
>> 2. You cannot increase the size of the dialog.
>> 3. Longer values end in "...".
>> 4. You cannot edit so-called "System" environment variables.
>> 5. You can scroll the list up or down, but not sideways!
>>
>> That all conspires to ensure that you CANNOT SEE what the longer values
>> even are! It's pathetic.
>>
>> Back to the command line for me.
>
>
> I think that the only aspect of it which has changed since Windows 95 is the
> window style. Whenever I have to edit PATH, I copy it out of their horrible
> edit box, edit it in something like vim, and then copy it back. Honestly, MS
> should be embarrassed by the state of the env dialog box.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

They simply don't recognise its existence. It's a piece of antiquated
detritus, only used by strange people who wear woolen shirts
pretending to be *nix users while using windows ;)