On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Guopeng Wen <wenguop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/31/2010 10:46 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > >> Hm, I'm not concerned (since I'm on Linux), but it seems to go in the >> opposite direction to Steve Hall's "one-click" installer. >> >> What about a first page with two radio buttons: >> >> (*) Standard install >> ( ) Custom install >> >> ? The first option would install Vim with "typical" settings (and >> sufficiently powerful to let the user customize it later via vimrc >> etc.), bypassing all those menus of yours, which would appear if the >> user selects "Custom install"? >> >> >> Best regards, >> Tony. >> > > Hmmm, "one-click" is not powerful enough, how about "no-click" :) > > You just brought up another topic I'm trying to touch. NSIS > installer is in fact quite flexible - it can be executed "silently". > That is, slap some control parameters on command line, it can run > from beginning to end. Well, it cannot happen automatically, you > need to do something in the script to make that happen. It's used > for mass installation, which is apparently appealing to Linux users > who also use Windows (like me). Silent installer is in fact one of > the TODO item of Vim. Does it sound like what you expected? > > Here's some of design issues I have not decided yet: > > - Control granularity? > Just let user specifies installation type, or makes it possible to > specify which component to install (needs config file for this). > I think installation type should probably be OK. > > - Error handing? > When should installer do if it found Vim has already installed? > Vim instance still running? I think the dumb solution should be > use - just panic and abort. > > - Log? > I have not tried that yet. Apparently some kind of log should be > create during silent installation, so the user can check if > something go wrong. However, it seems default build of NSIS has > not enabled logging. You need a custom build to enable that. > > Feedbacks are welcomed. > > -- > Guopeng > > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > What about a portable version like the one created in http://portableapps.com/news/2009-10-13_-_gvim_portable_7.2 which doesn't depend on windows registry? that will be really nice. thanks gong -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
