On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:21:43AM -0500, Andrew Eikum wrote:
So, I thought it might be useful if the dialog could have a note explaining why those options aren't there if you're running from a 64 bit prefix -- and thus this patch. To make room for the text I made the applications Listbox 20 pixels shorter.
- From a user interface point of view, what do you think about adding
those old Windows versions in the listbox, maybe with a different text like "Windows 98 not available in 64 bit", and programming the code to set the dropdown field back to the last setting if the user decides to choose one of those settings? Or instead of having the modified text, pop up an error box and set the setting back.
Something like this seems good. Maybe "Windows 98 (32-bit only)", along with an error popup explaining that the current prefix is 64-bit and including instructions for how to create a 32-bit prefix.
Some example popup text:
""" This Wine prefix is built to support 64-bit applications. Because the Windows version you selected does not support 64-bit applications, this prefix cannot be configured to mimic that version of Windows.
To create a 32-bit prefix, please delete your existing prefix and create a new Wine prefix with WINEARCH=win32. For example:
rm -rf <automatically insert wineprefix path here> WINEARCH=win32 wine winecfg
Note that this will remove any applications and files in your current Wine prefix, and that 64-bit applications will not be supported in the new prefix. You may use WINEPREFIX to set an alternate prefix path. """
Andrew