Re: windows installer

[Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau@gmail.com>]

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2017-11-11 0:27 GMT+01:00 Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
> >> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:01:39 +0000
> >> Cc: jostein@kjonigsen.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >>
> >> >  I suggest we instead use the user's profile folder. From an initial
> >> >  probe, this can be found in at least the following
> >> >  environment-variables on my Windows 10 test-machine: USERPROFILE (or
> >> >  by concatenating HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH ).
> >>
> >> I'll fix this.
> >
> > Just to make this more complex: the Windows platform conventions frown
> > upon installing stuff in that directory; you are supposed to create a
> > subdirectory and install there.
> >
> > And programs should not end up there, they should be under
> > %ProgramFiles% instead.  The user's directory is for files, not for
> > programs.
>
>
> The disadvantage with ProgramFiles is that it requires elevation, which
> user profile does not, although user profiles gets mixed up with
> roaming. Although, elevation is pretty normal for installation. But I
> didn't want to it straight away in case I made the uninstaller
> accidentally delete my windows installation.
>
>
User profiles are subject to roaming. When you are on a Windows network,
it means your emacs directory is copied everytime you log in.
Definitely not a good idea.



> I'm also investigating making Emacs a portable app (as in
> PortableApps.com), assuming everyone is happy with this. This might be
> the better route for single user (and portable) installs.
>
>
But Emacs is already portable. What do I miss here ?

Fabrice

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