Mc.exe

[I Am Trunks]

What is mc.exe supposed to do???
it only opens a window and immediatly closes it:confused:

[Lactobacillus]

You can compile scripts (MAKI script language) with this tool.

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[I Am Trunks]

You can compile scripts (MAKI script language) with this tool.
and how do i do this???

[Lactobacillus]

via mc.exe path and filename of the script

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[YtseJam]

Ummmf, there should be like some, uhh -- Developer's Kit or somethin'... I don't think that, that skinning util. should even be in the Winamp3 dir if you're not gonna skin/code scripts...

Or did I get its purpose all wrong?

[Naamloos]

use it in DOS :)

[lunarboy1]

GASP!!! :eek: !!!!

Heaven-forbid we have to use DOS!!! :D:D:D


On nant's point. There is a dev kit for the component constructing, but since maki is only being used for skinning and a lot of people skin it makes sense to put it in the root dir. Also, it only adds something like 88kto the size of the download.

[YtseJam]

Err, so? It still shouldn't be there because not All ppl skin. :)

[mikekantor]

There is a reason it's called "Developers Beta", developers are downloading it and using to it to make skins and plugins and whatever else they want. It's not stable enough for the average folk yet... nor is it finished.

And if your OS is based on NT (like Win2000 and XP), you're not running dos at all, it's just a command-line interface.

[Lactobacillus]

BTW: You don't have to use DOS, you could register a new filetype, with the extension "m" (without quotation marks) and link it to "your Winamp3-Path\mc.exe %1" (again without quotation marks)...

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[mikekantor]

BTW: You don't have to use DOS, you could register a new filetype, with the extension "m" (without quotation marks) and link it to "your Winamp3-Path\mc.exe %1" (again without quotation marks)...

The problem with this is that the widow is closed by the system as soon as mc.exe terminates. So if there was an error with the script, you won't see it output in the window.

[Lactobacillus]

There is a solution:
Link the extension "m" with "your Winamp3-Path\mc.exe %1 /pause" :)

It waits for [Enter] before closing the application.
BTW: It's really minor, but it would be IMHO cleaner not to output the entered keys before the [Enter], like NSIS does...

What's the developers opinion about having a Winamp3 setting to assign the "m" extension?

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[I Am Trunks]

Where can i learn MAKI???

[I Am Trunks]

I don't know C++ either, so...

Where can i learn that???

[Naamloos]

Where has Rhino been? He definately had made some tuts on scripting...

[Gonzotek]

I don't know c or c++, either, but I'm starting to get the hang of MAKI. If you've never programmed at all, you should probably take a class related to C++ OR get a good mentor. If you've had some programming experience in other languages, it won't be that hard to get the hang of it. Like Sawg said, the included examples and the ones in the forum are your best bets.

-=Gonzotek=-

[Lactobacillus]

et voilà (http://www.stefanweb.com/wa3/index.html), but it's IMHO not really up to date (and I would like so see it updated)...

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