On Thursday 09 February 2006 22:44, Asif Lodhi wrote: > Hi Craig, > > On 2/9/06, Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 03:04:38PM -0500, Nicholas Vettese wrote: > > > I am currently using the Windows version of Scribus, and I was > > > wondering if there will ever be an "Update" link in the Help > > > section to update the version of Scribus X > > > ........................................... > > > > Good idea. Please file a bug with severity "feature" requesting > > the feature. It should not actually be too hard to do with a > > Scribus plug-in that at least tells you that there's a new > > version. X........................... > > Sorry for suggesting a proprietary devel package but, since we are > talking about Windows here, with Visual Studio 2005, you can > incorporate this auto-update feature with one-click! I mean just > point-and-shoot-operation and no coding! Literally > less-than-five-minutes job. You just have to wrap your Win32 code > in a .NET component and that's it. Setup is created automatically > with an option to include auto-update as well if you choose so. > > Of course choosing MS.NET would mean incorporating MS.NET with the > setup (which is also an automatic option) or having the users to > download & install it as well. > > -- > Best regards, > > Asif
Yes, the auto update idea is a good one. .NET bleagh.. It is one of the ugliest installs I have ever seen in in ~20+ years of using computers. Uninstalling in some cases is impossible and requires a complete wipe and reinstall of the OS. Peter
