The windows installer already allows the user to browse to install anywheres
and this facility will stay in the installer.
I want to keep the installer as simple as possible and would be very
reluctant to add the ability to fool with the j602-user location. Even if it
were provided we'd still require the ability and documentation to change it
after the install was done. The steps are simple and very little experience
is required. If a user had the idea of changing it they would also have the
experience required.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherlock, Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Jbeta] home j602 j602-user
---Eric Iverson wrote:
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*** Conclusions
The default/recommended install on all platforms will be
HOME\j602 and HOME\j602-user.
On all platforms it will be easy for someone with a little
host experience to install j602 to any location and the
default user folder will be HOME\j602-user. A good reason for
this is for a multi-user install. I think doing it out of
some sense of conforming to what the host wants is misguided.
It will be easy for someone with a little host experience to
move j602 to a new location with the exception that launch
icons, links, etc, will have to be adjusted.
It will be easy for someone with a little J experience to
overide user with a new definition.
With user override it will be easy to have a standalone J USB
system that has j602-user on the stick. Without the override
you'll get j602-user in HOME which might be appropriate in some cases.
I agree with the conclusions.
One point of clarification:
Will the Windows installer retain the ability for the user to choose an
alternate location for j602?
One comment:
With the addition to the Windows installer of an option to choose an
alternate location for j602-user, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the conclusion
would be simple even for users with no J experience. I'd be content for
this to be left as a potential improvement to be included in a future
version of J.
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