Re: Add option to set extension of executable off

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's not a good idea.

For starters the previously created .gambas executable is "not" archived
inside the new executable when you create one.

If it does not have the .gambas extension then it is. (Maybe it can be
added to .gitignore file?)

I had a project that I managed to rename but it was growing in size every
time and made an executable as the previous executable was recursively
added to the new archive. (Hope that makes sense)

I found it better to just add a symlink to launch it after installation

Respects
BruceS

On Mon, 20 Jul 2026, 21:09 Brian G, <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Would it be difficult to have the .gambas extension be optional when a
> gambas executable is created?
>
> So we can choose to generate myapp instead of myapp.gambas? Or is that
> already possible?
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> ~~~~ Brian
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