[Fwd: Re: Gnumeric for windows as portable app]

[Adrian Custer <acuster gmail com>]

Hey all,

forwarded to the list as it may be of general interest

thanks to Christian Herbig


-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Christian Herbig <herbigc unr nevada edu>
To: acuster gmail com
Subject: Re: Gnumeric for windows as portable app
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:37:30 -0800

I tried to reply this solution to the mailing list, but I don't think it
worked...


Anyway, Gnumeric can already be run from a USB drive; during the
installation process, just specify the install location as a folder on
the USB drive.  I have been doing this for a while now and I haven't had
any problems with the software.  Although it's not quite as tidy as a
special build of the app, it works.



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> From: Adrian Custer <acuster gmail com>
> Date: February 2, 2007 8:23:25 AM PST
> To: Gnumeric list <gnumeric-list gnome org>
> Subject: Gnumeric for windows as portable app
> 
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> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> 
> Recently, I discovered the portable app phenomenon, for windows apps
> loaded onto usb flash drives. The idea is that such apps are run from
> the drive without having any need to interact with the windows
> registry
> or any other system on the machine itself. This enables users to run
> the
> apps even if they don't have elevated priviliges. 
> 
> 
> Is the windows port of gnumeric configured in a way that will allow it
> to run in this way? If not, is there any reason to prevent this? I
> suspect a portable gnumeric for windows would be a great way to expose
> the project to a wider audience.
> 
> 
> Of course I realize that the windows port is yet another labour of
> love
> and that it demands yet more of that time that no one has...:-)
> 
> 
> --adrian
> 
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