Hello,

I am using curl from PHP for 3 years. However, this post is about curl
from Scilab (http://www.scilab.org), on winXP.
Scilab yet doesn't propose functions for accessing distant files etc,
while curl is included into and used through the Scilab compilation process,
as a tool for it. Scilab's team tells me that curl's package is included
"as is".

Then, i am implementing a series of Scilab's functions based on curl,
since i need them.

In the root curl's directory of Scilab are the files
curl.exe CHANGES README RELEASE-NOTES and docs/
In docs/ : FAQ FEATURES KNOWN_BUGS README.win32
THANKS TODO
Then, i have a very practical request: It would be very (very) nice
to add a ".txt" extension to every text filename mentionned above
in future release, since filename extensions are used by windows
(instead of MIME types) for calling appropriated viewers or editors.
Scilab's team refuses to rename files from the curl distribution.
When i teach Scilab (and PHP) on winXP PCs, this kind of
detail looks quite boring to most students (and finally to me,
compelled to answer to trivial questions from tens of students,
far away from curl, Scilab or PHP matters...)

As another point: in the curl's MANUAL, it is stated about the
configuration file:
  "Curl automatically tries to read the .curlrc file (or _curlrc file on
win32
  systems) *from the user's home dir* on startup."
Indeed, trials show that _curlrc set on the user's home directory is not
read at startup, while it is when set in the curl/ installation directory.
Is this a Scilab<-curl customization feature (unlikely, since included
"as is" (?)), or is it the general case (then the MANUAL should be
corrected on this point).

Thank you for your own comment about these items.
Regards
Samuel

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Received on 2009-10-21