[Geany] Help with custom compiler

[Lex Trotman]

On 19 July 2012 06:23, Laszlo Nagy <gandalf at shopzeus.com> wrote:
>   Hello,
>
> I'm developing a new language, and I would like Geany to handle it. It has a
> compiler which is a pyhon program. I could use this custom build command
> under linux:
>
>
> python /whatever_path/compiler.py "%f"
>
> and it works. However, under windows this custom build command:
>
> C:\Python27\python.exe c:\whatever_path\compiler.py "%f"
>
> does not work. When I press F8 then Geany starts python.exe (I can see it
> from the task manager). Then it takes a long time before it responds,
> telling that the compilation failed.

This is not clear if the compiler actually does not run or if it runs
and takes a long time and then gives an error?

What error (if any) do you get from python?

Try if it will run a "hello world" python program located in the same
place as the compiler, see if the -vv option provides any info.

Cheers
Lex


 If I start the very same command line
> in a terminal (cmd.exe) then it runs within 0.1 sec.
>
> What can be the problem?
>
> My other question is about interpreting the output of my compiler - but
> first I would like to be able to use it under Windows.
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Laszlo
>
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