Re: Gnumeric for windows as portable app

[Richard Bumby <bumby math rutgers edu>]

Adrian Custer wrote:
> 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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I, too, discovered U3 recently.  I thought that I was just getting a 2GB 
USB drive, but it showed its U3 side when I plugged it into my notebook 
computer running Windows. It came just in time, since some of the office 
outposts that I need to use right now have  only Windows machines with 
an uneven choice of software.  I have seen nothing about developing 
software for this system, but Mozilla seems to be building its products 
for U3, so it must not be a big secret.

I add one more vote to the proposal that a U3 build of gnumeric be 
considered.

--RTBumby