Portable Version

[RoyiAvital]

Hello,

Could we have a Portable Version for Windows? The current version uses the User Folder for settings and other configuration files.

What I mean by portable?

1. No Installation
   The software is delivered as archive and can decompressed into any folder and work fro there.
2. Local Settings
   The software keep all its data (settings, configuration, etc...) under the folder the program runs from.
3. System Privileges
   No need for any system privileges. The software only write and read from its folder. No service used by the program is running unless the program is running.

If we can get all those, it would be amazing.

Thank You.

P. S. Is there a way to have MathJax functioning without Online Connection? Namely, will it work on computers with no Internet access? That could be a killer feature.

[brrd]

Normally 1 and 3 are already fulfilled, so it means the only thing to add to Abricotine is local settings, is it?

Is there a way to have MathJax functioning without Online Connection?

This is already working offline, expect in HTML export where the script is downloaded from MathJax CDN (otherwise the HTML export would weigh more than 60 Mb).

[RoyiAvital]

@brrd , I guess you're correct. Only to add version which writes locally instead of the User Folder.

Thank You.

P. S. I wasn't aware it works offline, wow! Could you feature to export to PDF offline?

[brrd]

Ok, so your request here is to add an option to store config directory under the program directory. Config directory currently contains the config.json file, dictionaries and export templates.

[brrd]

Could you feature to export to PDF offline?

Yes, Pandoc support is planned (see #14).

[RoyiAvital]

@brrd ,

Yes, if all configuration files are under the same program file things will get portable. It would be perfect.

Thank You.

[RoyiAvital]

Any update on this?

[RoyiAvital]

@brrd , Please, any option to have this?

Thank You.

[brrd]

Please @RoyiAvital stop asking again and again. If this issue is still open then you can guess that nobody worked on it yet. This feature is not in my priorities but I'm not the only developer here, anybody can contribute to this project.

[RoyiAvital]

I tried the approach given here - https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote/issues/344#issuecomment-318354371.
Namely, I built a batch file (Abricotine.bat) to launch Abricotine and trick it on System Variables (USERPROFILE).

@echo off
if not exist "%CD%\profile\AppData\Roaming" mkdir "%CD%\profile\appdata\Roaming"
set USERPROFILE=%CD%\profile
if not exist "%CD%\profile\notes" goto message
goto start

:message
echo PORTABLE ABRICOTINE
echo -------------------------------
echo Please enter this storage path in Boostnote:  .\profile
echo.
pause 

:start
start Abricotine.exe /I

It didn't work:

@brrd , You referred me here. I thought it means there are news. It seems the only needed update is let the user define the Documents folder from outside (Or if it doesn't find to let the user browse and chose).

Thank You.

[RoyiAvital]

OK, I made a progress. This batch file will make Abricotine launch:

@echo off
if not exist "%CD%\Profile\AppData\Roaming" mkdir "%CD%\Profile\AppData\Roaming"
if not exist "%CD%\Profile\Documents" mkdir "%CD%\Profile\Documents"
if not exist "%CD%\Profile\AppData\Local\Temp" mkdir "%CD%\Profile\AppData\Local\Temp"
set USERPROFILE=%CD%\Profile
set APPDATA=%CD%\Profile\AppData
set TEMP=%CD%\Profile\AppData\Local\Temp
set TMP=%CD%\Profile\AppData\Local\Temp
if not exist "%CD%\Profile\Documents\Abricotine" goto message
goto start

:message
echo PORTABLE ABRICOTINE
echo -------------------------------
echo Please enter this storage path in Abricotine:  .\Profile
echo.
pause 

:start
start Abricotine.exe /I
REM start Abricotine.exe

I have another problem which I'm not sure related to this. When I try to launch preferences this is what I get: