From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:47:43 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063400143 24086 80.91.224.253 (12 Sep 2003 20:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 12 22:55:40 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xuxA-0000Wo-00 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:55:40 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xuya-0007gs-01 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:57:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xuvl-0005kL-T3 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:54:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19xuut-0005SU-Kz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19xuun-0005Qd-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:53:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19xuul-0005KF-FU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:53:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.183] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xusD-0007zS-F3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:50:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.206] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19xusA-0004lz-00; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:50:30 +0200 Original-Received: from [217.234.205.117] (helo=FSK-TP1) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19xus9-00058o-00; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:50:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (HELO FSK-TP1.Frank-Schmitt.net) [127.0.0.1] by FSK-TP1 (192.168.1.10) with ESMTP (Classic Hamster Version 2.0 Build 2.0.0.1) ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:47:43 +0200 Original-To: Benjamin Riefenstahl X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U (Benjamin Riefenstahl's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:44:33 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) X-Posting-Agent: Hamster/2.0.0.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16340 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16340 Benjamin Riefenstahl writes: > Frank Schmitt writes: >> then the registry entries which would normally be set by running >> addpm.exe are added > > AFAIK, these are not necessary any more, so if I were you, I wouldn't > do that. Well, if it isn't necessary anymore, why is it done when installing via make install? >> If $HOME has been set by the installer, the user is now prompted for >> a reboot and installation is finished. > > Don't know how you are setting the variable on W9x/Me, but on > NT/W2K/XP, you don't needs a reboot for this. I think you need to > send a notication message so that the Windows Explorer picks up the > new variable, but that's all. I'm adding the environment variables und NT systems by adding a key to the registry under HKCU/Environment and on 9x systems by modifying autoexec.bat. In both cases you have to restart (ok, on NT systems, it's enough to log out and log in again) to make changes have effect. Their might be other solution, but I don't know about them. -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.