2009/1/7 Alexander Wagner <[email protected]>
> Hi!
>
> Recently, I was asked if it is possible to make Scid a
> "portable app". Now, Scid is already such a thing as only
> the windows stuff requires magic to run from any path.
> Hence, I replied that it's enough to just unzip the ZIP
> distribution to the medium and one is done.
>
> However, there's a slight point. If the medium in question
> is read only (say a CD-ROM), two problems arise.
>
> - Books: I do not know much about Scids book features, but
> it seems that the books require to live in a rw file
> system. If this is not the case I get an error "no book
> found". Can this be cured?
Yes.
>
>
> - Bases: If one starts a training session, and ugly error is
> thrown after the first puzzle is solved, as Scid wants to
> write to the DB. Could this be cured as well?
>
No.
>
> - Autosave options: this throws an error, of course.
>
> Giving those points we'd also be able to run from a CD
> only system.
To run Scid from an USB key makes sense, but hardly from a CD.
Pascal
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