From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/27339 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 2c considerations about win installer Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4448C4DA.2070000@wxs.nl> References: <60f8c1827dc0a7c7006ddc52611e9944@di.unito.it> <44488D3A.8010404@virgilio.it> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145619725 20985 80.91.229.2 (21 Apr 2006 11:42:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Apr 21 13:42:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWu0v-0005sM-5f for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 031F71279F; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04680-04; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1907F12793; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A5B12793 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04679-04 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F3D912783 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:41:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.102] (unverified [10.100.1.102]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 13444 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:41:20 +0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <44488D3A.8010404@virgilio.it> X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=-274017400 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:27339 Archived-At: Jilani Khaldi wrote: >> So, more generally, I was asking myself if it would not be possible >> (and better) to have an .exe installer as usual happens in win, >> including Perl, maybe Ruby (+ or- 20 Mb doesn't change too much). >> Double click, and it set ups all the installation parameters. A >> completely autonomous installer would allow many people to try, use >> and get fond conTeXt (and maybe to leave Word) without having to >> struggle with problems which typically lead people to leave out. >> >> It seems to me that a similar installer would be a refinement in the >> spirit of the actual mswincontext distro. >> At the end, it's not that far form Gerben's distro on macosx. It does >> everything for me... >> Or maybe am I missing something? >> >> >> >> > No, nothing; and it is very easy to do it, above all when it could be > done with Ruby using the "gem" installation. You can install and update > ConTeXt with a single comand controlling indipendies and everything else > needed. It is also very easy using "InnoSetup" > (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php). > >texsync TeXSync | version 1.1.1 - 2002/2004 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXSync | --address adress of repository (www.pragma-ade) TeXSync | --destination destination of tree (kpsewhich) TeXSync | --force confirm action TeXSync | --full download everything (all binaries) TeXSync | --list list available trees TeXSync | --make remake formats TeXSync | --terse download as less as possible (esp binaries) TeXSync | --tree tree to synchronize (tex) TeXSync | --update update installed tree TeXSync | --user user account (guest) this will sync the minimal distribution ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------