[texworks] Call for Help: Testing

[Paul A Norman]

Yes I know what you mean Phillip about specialist software.

Due to that, I have tried to help friends and associates run even Windows 8
in virtual boxes etc. and even with Windows 10 (let alone 11) as the host,
sometimes full functionality can not be achieved for even well written
earlier commercial applications.

Running Windows 7 natively for some is the only option, and adequately
somehow sandboxing it is still difficult for some to achieve. Otherwise
there are possible risks.

It's funny that both Windows 10 & 11 can now be set to natively run Linux
and even windowed Linux apps, but full backward operability for earlier
Windows programmes is no longer the goal for Windows' development — as it,
both easily, and successfully, once was :-)

Choosing a Windows looking Linux distribution, and exploring WINE for
running an earlier Windows application has worked out successfully for some
with specialist needs.

For future reference, which ever browser you're using if persevering under
Windows 7 to try and download TeXworks, see if in it's Settings, it can
choose how it identifies itself to webservers, and whether there is
anything useful you might change there.

Also in Settings check it's cookies settings and see if there are any for
that file download website, that you could delete and so start afresh.

Another option when you are trying to download a file with a known definite
url path ("copy" link), is to use a direct internet file downloader
programme (and paste the link into it) - as they natively normally can
negotiate their way through many problems.

Kindest regards,
Paul

On Friday 16 February 2024, Alain Delmotte via texworks <texworks at tug.org>
wrote:
> Norbert,
>
> Could stop to be agressive!
>
> This discussion list doesn't need that kind of way of contact.
>
> Alain
>
> Le 15-02-24 à 12:39, Norbert Preining a écrit :
>
> Dear Phil,
>
> please don't bother people just because you use an outdated and
> unsupported system.
>
> /because/ I am using Windows 7 (and will continue to do so until Microsoft
> once again offer a /professional/ GUI rather than one aimed primarily at
> schoolchildren and mobile 'phone addicts).  May I ask if either of you
>
> You can adjust the GUI that it looks like Windows 7. Don't complain
> about things that can be adjusted, and you are just too lazy to do it.
>
> May I respectfully ask, are we /really/ dependent on being able to access
> nightly.link ?  Is there no other mechanism that could be used ?
>
> Specially for you, here it is
> https://www.preining.info/TeXworks-Windows7.zip
> I will remove it in 24h.
>
> And please stop stealing developers time with your hopeless
> retro-computing device requests.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Norbert
>
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