[sword-devel] Standalone sword CD: possible?

[David Trotz]

Dan Bertles wrote:

>Jaime,
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>The CD should start and run just fine.  Sword does not affect the registry. 
>I've never done an "install".  I just run the program.  You do have to be in the
>path where you run the program though.
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>Dan
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>Quoting "Jaime Herazo B." <jherazo@linuxfreemail.com>:
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>>* Leon Brooks (leon@brooks.fdns.net) wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:35, Jaime Herazo B. wrote:
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>>>>Hi. I want to make a CD-ROM with various sword programs in it (for
>>>>windows and linux), and to make it standalone
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>>>DemoLinux is your friend.
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>>>    http://www.demolinux.org/
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>>>Zero maintenance, zero configuration. Strip off the bits you don't need,
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>>add a 
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>>>Bible, data files, even a Windows EXE for those who want to complicate
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>>their 
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>>>lives, then crisp away!
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>>>Cheers; Leon
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>>Gotta check that, and Knoppix too :)
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>>So, the linux part is covered, and in a very nice way :)
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>>I just downloaded the windows version, but i'd have to reboot to check 
>>it out. What i don't know is if it'd work to just copy the exes (and 
>>all the related DLLs) in a directory on the CD, so that if the person 
>>(or some autorun mechanism) runs it, it works. I mean, does it need to
>>be installed (registry entries and other things), or could it run 
>>directly from the CD?
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Yes, The run from CD should be fine for windows. If you have an official 
Sword CD you would see that we have a run from cdrom option on the 
cdstartup dialog. We do not use the registry but the good old fashioned 
.ini type config files. The only registry call that is made is to allow 
sword to catch links on web pages that are specifically for sword other 
than that we have all the settings in .conf files. Be sure to look at 
these and understand what each one does and include them with the 
settings you want as default on your cdrom because once it is written 
those settings are set in stone, so to speak And to add to that the 
there is one limitation which is that preferences will not be saved on exit.
In Christ,
David Trotz
The Sword Project