Leo's Quick Install page <https://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/Leo/Quick%20Install/> now contains compressed easy-install folders for Windows and Linux:
Windows: Leo_5.2-b1_Win.zip <https://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/Leo/Quick%20Install/Leo_5.2-b1_Win.zip/download> Linux: Leo_5.2-b1_Linux_64_bit.tar.gz <https://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/Leo/Quick%20Install/Leo_5.2-b1_Linux_64_bit.tar.gz/download> Consult the Readme-quick-install.TXT <https://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/Leo/Quick%20Install/Readme-quick-install.TXT/download>file for (easy!) installation instructions. The actual 5.2-b1 source distribution will be slightly different, but not enough to matter. I am uploading these files now so that you may test them. Please report any problems immediately. My present opinion is that single-file installers are a wretched idea. True, they don't need to be decompressed, but they suffer from two horrendous defects: 1. They take approximately forever to load *each time*. A terrible first impression. 2. They don't allow real work to be done within the temporary folder. This is simply unacceptable. Furthermore, a single-file version of Leo doubles the number of uploads, and complicates the quick-install instructions. Yes, more people have downloaded the single-file version than the folder-based version, but imo this simply means that newbies don't understand the drawbacks. Far better not to give the user a bad choice. Edward P.S. I have spent several days attempting to create an PyInstaller version of Leo for MacOS. This is much trickier than for Windows and Linux. Furthermore, it looks like the resulting folder would be *huge*. (700 mb). I'm still working on this, but don't hold your breath. Imo, `brew install leo` is not actually worth the work. Indeed, assuming one already has homebrew installed, the following suffices: brew install sip brew install pyqt download and unpack the Leo source distribution Yes, `brew install leo` saves a download step, but all the other easy-install require the same. It's just not a big deal. Furthermore, Leo is more of an app than a package, so one could argue that Leo isn't a very good candidate for a brew recipe. Ymmv. Finally, regardless of platform, the best way to install Leo is just: git clone https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor.git EKR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
