Hi, would it be possible to provide portable builds for Windows? In the releases there seems to be only an installer, which may not be desirable.
Already exists, but simply not listed on the download page:
https://portableapps.com/apps/development/geany_portable
Yes it is, under third party packages because it is not made by the Geany project.
Closed #3915 as completed.
Basically you don't need a third party package. In https://github.com/geany/www.geany.org/pull/52 I described how to get Geany running portable with a simple Batch script.
@sdasda7777 if you like, feel free to try it and report back whether it works.
I notice the batch script you include sets the environment variable for `%XDG_CONFIG_HOME%` in addition to running geany.exe with`--config=./config/geany`. Are both of these steps necessary?
I know of (and use) at least a handful of relatively popular Windows programs that respect the XDG specs/variables (yes, on Windows too), so I can see this causing issues for myself and others. Please correct me if I am wrong about this.
How does respecting XDG_CONFIG_HOME guarantee to point to the portable directory tree, eg a USB that was plugged in with Geany?
This is intended to be portable not installed, and install will respect XDG_CONFIG_HOME IIUC.
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