[XEmacs] Install Wizard

[Adrian Aichner]

"Sabine 'Sani' Schulz" <nemo at schnuerpel.net> writes:

> Hello Vin,
>
> am 31.03.2006 schriebst Du:
>
>>     The Install Wizard for XEmacs doesn't set the execute path in the
>>     generated desktop-icon.
>>
>>     I propose to undertake this entry.
>> Thank you for posting, unfortunately, I don't understand your  message at all:
>>
>> 1) I'm not sure what 'Install Wizard for XEmacs' you're talking about.
>
> The Install Wizard from
> http://ftp.de.xemacs.org/pub/ftp.xemacs.org/tux/xemacs/binaries/win32/installshield/xemacs-21.5.17.exe

Hello Sabine, do you want a stable XEmacs, but without Mule?

Then choose
http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200603/msg00224.html

If you need Mule and can accept beta quality software (taking extra
pre-caution from your end not to lose and critical data), the go with

http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200603/msg00225.html

Vin, Sabine, please note the download links are not marked up correctly.

They should currently be
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing/XEmacs%20Setup%2021.4.19-3.exe
and
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing/XEmacs%20Setup%2021.5-b25-2.exe
respectively.

Vin, SPACE characters in URLs need to be encoded to get handled
reliably by e-mail archiving software (like mhonarc), web browsers,
etc.

My preference with be to replace these spaces with dashes or underscores.

>
>>  We've used several over the years.  The most recent version of the
>> only native Windows setup kit under active development can be found
>> here:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing/XEmacs%20Setup%2021.4.19-3.exe
>>
>> 2) I don't know what you mean by "doesn't set the execute path in the
>> generated desktop-icon".  The kit I referred to does, in fact, set the
>> full path in the Target field of the shortcut.  Is that what you're
>> referring to?
>
> My english is very bad, sorry, i have made a screenshot,
> http://www.schnuerpel.net/sh_xemacs_ausf.jpg
>
> For example, gimp set the execute path,
> http://www.schnuerpel.net/sh_gimp_ausf.jpg

Sabine, the "Ausgefürht in:" or "Start in:" property of Windows
shortcuts does not have any agreed upon standards to follow, AFAIK.

In your example you use values that only make sense for German region
settings.

A good default value would be %HOME% but that requires the user to set it.

See also
http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/21.5/html/xemacs-faq.html#SEC31

Initializing it to the correct regional setting for "...\My Documents"
does not seem easily possible, since there isn't even an Environment
variable for that.

Sensible defaults could be
"%USERPROFILE%"
or
"%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"

Vin, what do you think?

>
> [...]
>
> Gruesse
> Sabine

Schöne Grüße,

Adrian

>
>

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