[m-rev.] for review: add windows installer generator to extras

[Ian MacLarty]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Ralph Becket wrote:

> Ian MacLarty, Wednesday, 26 October 2005:
> > For review by anyone.
> >
> > Estimated hours taken: 50
> > Branches: main
> >
> > Implement a Wix source file generator.  Wix is an XML language used to
> > describe Windows installer packages (.msi files).
>
> Great stuff.
>
...
> > +
> > +:- type shortcut_where
> > +	--->	programs    % Place the shortcut in the Programs menu under a
> > +                        % folder with the same name as the product.
> > +	;	    desktop.    % Place the shortcut on the Desktop.
>
> something weird has happened with the indentation here.  I suspect
> you've mixed up hard tabs and spaces.  All spaces is preferable.
>

Yes, I had some files with four space indentation and some with tabs
and then started moving stuff around.  I've now changed all the files to
four spaces.

>
> Mention this in NEWS and that looks fine.
>

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.390
diff -u -r1.390 NEWS
--- NEWS	24 Oct 2005 02:02:16 -0000	1.390
+++ NEWS	26 Oct 2005 04:20:59 -0000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@

 Changes to the extras distribution:
 * We've added a library of data structures designed to work with solver types.
+* We've added a library to generate Windows installer packages.


 DETAILED LISTING
@@ -115,6 +116,11 @@
   library's array, assoc_list, list and map modules that are designed to
   work with terms that have inst `any'.

+* We've added a library to generate Windows installer packages.
+
+  The directory extras/windows_installer_generator contains a library to
+  generate Wix source files.  WiX is an XML language that is used to generate
+  Microsoft Windows Installer (.msi) packages.

 NEWS for Mercury 0.12
 ---------------------

Cheers,

Ian.

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