finance::quote finally working for me in Windows

[Derek Atkins]

Andreas Köhler <andi5.py at gmx.net> writes:

> I would prefer the currently used perl, just because it works.  There 
> are only two problems with Finance::Quote:
>
> * When starting from within MSYS, /bin/perl is chosen
> * When starting from gnucash.bat, each time you retrieve a quote a 
> command window is opened for perl is opened as long as it runs
>
> Both problems can solved by using an environment variable like GNC_PERL 
> (no, it does not work yet).  The value could be /c/perl/bin/perl or 
> wperl, respectively.  I still wonder whether there is way to use 
> GNC_PERL without
>
> * depending on the existence of wperl
> * using gnucash.bat, because actually I want to get rid of it
> * polluting the users environment variables without telling him 
> (install-fq-mods.bat could ask and try, or recommend doing it yourself)
>
> Any idea?

Who installs perl/wperl?  Don't we?  Don't we SHIP perl as
part of our installer?

-derek

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