[E Kovarski <edwardk@digitalized.com>] Binary Kit Available; 21.0.67 (MSVC++ Compile)

[Fabrice POPINEAU]

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Apart from the fact that XEmacs works just fine on windows and that
there is an easy to install package, this will remind some bad times
due to the (in)famous InstallShield tool ! Apparently, no need to
upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 :-)

Fabrice


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From: E Kovarski <edwardk@digitalized.com>
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Subject: Binary Kit Available; 21.0.67 (MSVC++ Compile)
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An experimental installer for XEmacs 21.0.b67 is presently available from
http://www.attcanada.net/~markk/xemacs/

The installer is quite large, ~30mb, as it includes /all/ packages and
support files. The original plan was to make an InstallFromTheWeb
installation available but unfortunately I have run into a bug with the
software. InstallShield Pro v5.53 is unable to build the media in more
sensible chunks, such as 256kb, for the InstallFromTheWeb client.

Once the bug has been squashed by InstallShield Corp, users will be able to
select which components to download and install, without any padded
overhead.

I would appreciate any feedback on the installer and suggestions,
especially since it now attempts to mirror the directory structure used by
the unices. This allows it to run without having to modify the registry.

The three installation modes presented during setup are Typical, Compact
and Custom. 

Typical will install the binaries (including auxiliary files, such as GNU
Diff), support files and the recommended packages, e.g. text-modes, efs,
prog-modes, etc.

Compact is essentially a Typical install minus the packages.

Custom is self describing. Do keep in mind that the installer does
dependency checks and automatically selects packages required by other ones.

After the install has finished, you can optionally register xemacs.exe and
runemacs.exe in the registry under the AppPaths tree to be able to start it
from Start | Run. 

-Edward



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