From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net,
"Phillip Lord" <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>,
"Jostein Kjønigsen" <jostein@kjonigsen.net>,
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
"Emacs developers" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: windows installer
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:42:41 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VtMjPSp7F3E=U9n+Qg5Z6c6DFaR495OJGPc09jNbT9Hw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83efp5p8km.fsf@gnu.org>
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> It is primarily
> for the naïve (a.k.a. "newbie") who just want to be able to invoke the
> installer and get Emacs installed "correctly", meaning that Emacs is
> available to any other program running on the system. And that means
> being installed where other programs are installed (which gives them
> additional protection by system-wide processes and features), and
> being on PATH.
Being on the PATH is not a necessary condition. In the case of a
single user-facing binary, it is more efficient to register it on the
App Paths registry key.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee872121(v=vs.85).aspx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-11 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-26 23:11 windows installer Phillip Lord
2017-10-28 21:47 ` Richard Stallman
2017-11-06 8:11 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
[not found] ` <87h8u6bae3.fsf@russet.org.uk>
[not found] ` <WM!524810e63610127669556b68fb62cde560daf19be50fc52d4d63dd232af7bdb0490810e03b84a6559c9b2017d8462cc3!@mailhub-mx4.ncl.ac.uk>
2017-11-08 7:31 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2017-11-10 17:01 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-10 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-10 20:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-11-10 21:22 ` John Mastro
2017-11-10 21:35 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-11 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 11:34 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-11 14:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-11-12 11:21 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2017-11-10 21:33 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-11 7:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-10 23:27 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-11 0:25 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-11 11:25 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-12 0:30 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-12 4:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <87fu9hbytq.fsf@russet.org.uk>
2017-11-13 22:25 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-14 13:08 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-16 16:15 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-11 7:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 11:24 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-11 12:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<83ineiotjr.fsf@gnu.org>
2017-11-10 21:43 ` Drew Adams
2017-11-10 23:35 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-11 7:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 7:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 9:42 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2017-11-11 10:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-11 16:39 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <87a7zpbxza.fsf@russet.org.uk>
2017-11-13 22:44 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-14 14:54 ` Drew Adams
2017-11-16 16:15 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-16 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 16:31 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-16 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 17:35 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-16 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 18:10 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-16 20:45 ` Richard Copley
2017-11-17 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 7:22 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-17 7:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-17 7:25 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-16 17:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-16 17:45 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-22 22:39 ` Phillip Lord
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-11-12 8:56 Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-12 9:03 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-12 11:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-12 12:39 ` Fabrice Popineau
[not found] ` <8760adbxw6.fsf@russet.org.uk>
2017-11-13 22:46 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-14 14:36 ` Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-14 16:31 ` Fabrice Popineau
2017-11-14 20:12 ` Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-20 8:46 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2017-11-20 18:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-22 23:01 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-23 3:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-23 18:06 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-23 20:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-24 19:13 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-24 19:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-25 11:08 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-25 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-27 17:56 ` Phillip Lord
2017-11-12 14:14 ` Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-12 11:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-12 14:27 ` Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-12 15:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-12 17:32 ` Angelo Graziosi
2017-11-12 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
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