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

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Mon Sep 28 04:52:27 PDT 2015


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.

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