On 07/23/08 4:04 AM, "Hussein Shafie" <hussein at xmlmind.com> wrote:
> Loren Ryter wrote:
>> Hi... I haven't even got to the point of trying XMLMind editor for the first
>> time (downloading now).
>
> May be you'll hate it, in which case my answer to your question cannot
> help you.
>
Haha possibly. ;-) Still haven't used it, waiting for need. Sorry.
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>> But I just wanted to ask if you'd considered putting the /addon/ folder in
>> ~/library/Application Support/ instead of the application package, in order
>> to make upgrading easier.
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> XMLmind XML Editor has two /addon/ folders:
> * One in the application package.
> * The other in ~/.xxe/addon (to be changed to
> ~/Library/...SOMETHING.../addon/).
Well.. The standard location for this sort of thing is the one I suggested:
~/Library/Application Support/addon/
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> Note that you are not supposed to copy anything by hand to these folders.
Hmm.. The page I linked suggests otherwise -- says to open package and unzip
there.
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> If you always use "Options|Install Add-ons" and one day, you upgrade to
> the latest version of XMLmind XML Editor, the first time you'll start
> this new version, the application will suggest to automatically upgrade
> the add-ons for you.
Which wouldn't be possible if you don't archive the original addon .zip
files and you copy a new version and replace old.
wassalam.
Loren
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> This enhancement has been implemented in version 3.7.1. However it
> cannot work smoothly when you upgrade from v3.8.1 -- last v3 version --
> to v4, because internally, some many things have changed.
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