From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: windows installer Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:25:53 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87po99qzbn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1509955878.550800.1162811960.541B525D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87h8u6bae3.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1510126271.1965593.1165373624.0601E5CF@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8760aijcek.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83ineiotjr.fsf@gnu.org> <87375l4sui.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87k1yx3vlw.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87fu9hbytq.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510661515 13036 195.159.176.226 (14 Nov 2017 12:11:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:11:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: Jostein =?utf-8?Q?Kj=C3=B8nigsen?= , Eli Zaretskii , Jostein =?utf-8?Q?Kj=C3=B8nigsen?= , Emacs developers To: Fabrice Popineau Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 14 13:11:48 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa4A-0002p8-Bc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:11:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59123 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa4H-0006ng-KS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:11:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48653) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1z-0005hM-4a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1y-0008EB-7C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.83]:49100) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1s-00088b-Hz; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 07:09:24 -0500 Original-Received: (Haraka outbound); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:18 +0000 Authentication-Results: mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-RcptSummary: valid=0/0 invalid=0/0 unverified=0/0 relay=5/5 norelay=0/0 X-Haraka-Relay: true Received-SPF: Pass (mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk: domain of newcastle.ac.uk designates 10.3.192.254 as permitted sender) receiver=mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk; identity=mailfrom; client-ip=10.3.192.254; helo=mailhub-ncl3; envelope-from= Original-Received: from mailhub-ncl3 ([10.3.192.254]) by mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk (DefenderMX/2.7.3) with ESMTPS id 40BA32CA-3E81-476A-9DCA-B48FDE963B53.1 envelope-from (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 verify=FAIL); Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:18 +0000 Original-Received: from smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.91]) by mailhub-ncl3 with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1l-0001NO-Ti; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:17 +0000 Original-Received: from newhuaweiapstaff-10-56-55-2.ncl.ac.uk ([10.56.55.2] helo=localhost) by smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eEa1l-0005xv-Sd; Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:09:17 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Fabrice Popineau's message of "Sun, 12 Nov 2017 01:30:22 +0100") X-Haraka-Syntax: mail_case=upper mail_leading_spaces=N mail_trailing_spaces=N mail_missing_brackets=N rcpt_case=upper rcpt_leading_spaces=N rcpt_missing_brackets=N rcpt_trailing_spaces=N X-Haraka-HostID: 10.3.192.254 X-Haraka-SenderAuth: 10.3.192.254 newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-AccessMap: connect:10 OK X-Haraka-Domain-Info: domain="russet.org.uk" last_update=269 primary_ns="dns5.planethippo.com" serial=2017021810 refresh=3600 retry=7200 expiration=1209600 minimum=86400 flags="NS_SINGLE_IP, MX_IS_NS, MX_SINGLE" domain="newcastle.ac.uk" last_update=1 primary_ns="dns0.ncl.ac.uk" serial=2017111313 refresh=10800 retry=3600 expiration=604800 minimum=3600 flags="SOA_UPDATE_1" X-Haraka-SubjectNonLatin: 0 X-Haraka-NonLatin: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 128.240.234.83 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:220174 Archived-At: Fabrice Popineau writes: > 2017-11-11 12:25 GMT+01:00 Phillip Lord : > >> Fabrice Popineau writes: >> >> 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 ? >> >> On windows, curiously, but not linux. >> >> You miss the cute installer and downloader. PortableApps is a nice way >> to manage portable programmes on what ever device you use. I use it to >> maintain a little environment on a shared drive, but have to do Emacs >> separately. >> >> > Hmm ... besides copying the whole Emacs directory on an usb stick, > what else do I need to do in order to use emacs from this stick on > another computer ? Well, a cute installer and downloader. And updater and launcher. PortableApps is just nice and easy. Anyway this is for the future. Installer first. Phil