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From: | Dan Martens |
Subject: | Re: [Axiom-developer] Crazy idea |
Date: | Fri, 3 Dec 2004 18:10:00 -0500 |
Hi Bill, LOL...it's Dan Martens and I'd be glad to help. Anything for open source :)A combined install for Axiom and wintexmacs.....hmmm The only problem is that it would be absolutlely huge. Is there a big demand for such an install?
For our install, we used the Nullsoft installer system. I used to use installshield, but one of our users/developers turned me on to NSIS. It is an awsome and powerful package. The scripting is very similar to assembly and it puts out a nice build.
Do you have a windows install package yet for axiom? Dan----- Original Message ----- From: "Page, Bill" <address@hidden>
To: "'C Y'" <address@hidden> Cc: "'Dan Martens'" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: RE: [Axiom-developer] Crazy idea
C.Y. About a Windows package install: Yes this is very possible. For example Dick Martins is already packaging his TeXmacs for Windows this way. See http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/windows.en.html I think he is quickly becoming an expert at such packaging. If we are real nice to him and influence him to become involved with Axiom, then maybe we can get him to do it for use <grin> (or at least get some helpful hints.) Maybe he would be interested in creating a combined distribution as you suggest. Regards, Bill Page.-----Original Message----- From: C Y [mailto:address@hidden Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:20 PM To: address@hidden; address@hidden Subject: [Axiom-developer] Crazy idea I have no idea how workable this is, but would it be possible to combine the windows axiom, wintexmacs, and whatever other pieces are needed into a single installable archive? I can't help thinking it would be really cool to have something like the following: a) use InnoSetup (or another such tool, but InnoSetup is totally free and has so far worked very well with Maxima releases) to make the archive+install dialogs. Check out the current Maxima windows release for an example. This will result in one very large but totally self contained installable. b) Set up an icon+startup config so clicking on an Axiom icon will start up TeXmacs with an Axiom session in it. Wala, a nice clean spiffy user experience out of the box. Can TeXmacs be set up that way? I dunno if this makes much sense, but given how big Axiom is anyway and how fast the internet has become, mightn't it be worth the extra space to have a package like that? CY __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list address@hidden http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
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