On 4/21/06, Jilani Khaldi wrote: > > >So, more generally, I was asking myself if it would not be possible > >(and better) to have an .exe installer as usual happens in win, > >including Perl, maybe Ruby (+ or- 20 Mb doesn't change too much). > >Double click, and it set ups all the installation parameters. A > >completely autonomous installer would allow many people to try, use > >and get fond conTeXt (and maybe to leave Word) without having to > >struggle with problems which typically lead people to leave out. > > > >It seems to me that a similar installer would be a refinement in the > >spirit of the actual mswincontext distro. > >At the end, it's not that far form Gerben's distro on macosx. It does > >everything for me... > >Or maybe am I missing something? > > No, nothing; and it is very easy to do it, above all when it could be > done with Ruby using the "gem" installation.
Have you already done that? If it's easy to do it, I think that there would be many users would be really thankful if someone would have written an one-click-installer. MikTeX developer doesn't listen too much to requests from ConTeXt users (although he does a marvellous job with MikTeX otherwise and has enough of other things to do). But if I don't count the troubles connected with not-so-good-support for ConTeXt in MikTeX, it stil remains one of the easiest ways to install and update it. It's staightforward to install standolne-ConTeXt, but not for beginners and those having almost no knowledge about computers. An installation .exe would be warmly welcome. Mojca > You can install and update > ConTeXt with a single comand controlling indipendies and everything else > needed. It is also very easy using "InnoSetup" > (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php). > Cheers, > jk _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
