symlink openseadragon not recognised in windows about microdraw

[katjaq]

Yes pleaaaaase! 😃 That would be amazing if you could provide a fix for this issue!! We do not have any windows machines for testing here... Thank you very very much!

I assigned the issue to you, and I added the label Hacktoberfest. <3

happy hacking!

[r03ert0]

hi @xgui3783 !
I'm using the symlinks to update more easily to new library versions, by including the symlink name instead of the real library name. How would you do that in Windows?

[xgui3783]

Hmm haven't considered yet. Node should have a library that detects OS

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[pglock]

While this does not solve the issue directly, PR #95 provides docker support. If you have docker installed, you can at least start microdraw in a container.

[xgui3783]

just tested dockerized microdraw on windows. it seems existing on windows fs permanently destroys the symlink. ls -l openseadragon returns:

docker container running in windows:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23 Oct 19 11:44 openseadragon

docker container running in ubuntu:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Oct 23 08:40 openseadragon -> openseadragon-bin-2.3.1

[xgui3783]

@r03ert0 @katjaq , @pglock and I were looking into a fix for windows machine unable to parse symlinks. PR #106 provides temporary fix to this, but we are hoping to convince you to use hard links (e.g. <script src = 'lib/openseadragon-bin-2.4.3/openseadragon.min.js'></script>)

The obvious winner is developers on windows, who do not need to rename/work with the docker workaround.
Another advantage is that docker-compose script (PR #106) will no longer need to be updated should the symlinks be changed.
Lastly, it is that it is consistent with the rest of the libraries. (see jquery-1.11.0.min.js and paper-full-0.9.25.min.js)

I understand this creates more work for those who develop in linux and macOS, when one wishes to change the version of OSD, OSD-Screenshot, FileSaver, but I am hoping that this does not happen frequent enough, and the pro outweighs the con.

Please let us know your opinions.