On Fri, 24 May 2002 15:36:34 -0700 Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > > Try sticking this lot in a .cmd file and running it from a command line: > > <suggested .cmd file - deleted by Mikus for brevity> > > Please note that it is by no means fully tested, and certainly not > guaranteed to do anything other than consume a small amount of disk > space, but it works here. I'll listen to helpful and constructive > comments telling me it doesn't work, but no whining!
My apologies, but I'll whine! (And I'm replying to the newsgroup because you did not supply an address to which I could respond.) My major stumbling block is that you are suggesting a script (.cmd file) to use during *installation* of a browser build. I already have to remember which script (or more generally, icon) to use to *run* the browser build (there are at least eight browser versions that I use from time to time). I don't want to clutter up my mind by having to remember even more browser-related scripts. Then there is the matter that if I *did* have a script for Mozilla installs, I should *expand* that script to cover all the other things I am doing manually -- update prefs.js, update mimetypes.rdf, update bookmarks.html, copy files into plugins, etc., etc. Though such a script would save time and effort, I'm installing maybe every five days. Designing (and later, maintaining) a script for such occasional use does not offer me enough of a sense of accomplishment. The script you suggested shows that you and I have WAY different starting points. You assume that MOZILLA_HOME is available when I am installing a Mozilla build. On my system it is not. I do my install from a command-line session from which I manipulate the Mozilla files as though they were data. Then, in a separate session, I *run* the browser build I installed. (In fact, part of my installation process is to choose what __value__ for MOZILLA_HOME I should stick into the run-time script used to launch that build,) Thank you for your suggested .cmd, but I'll pass. mikus
