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renerocksai / sublimeless_zk

A note taking app, Markdown editor, and text browser, featuring ID based wiki style links, and #tags, intended for zettelkasten method users. Loaded with tons of features like sophisticated tag search, note transclusion, support for note templates, bibliography support, etc. to make working in your Zettelkasten a joy 😄
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update Doc - what is required Windows version (windows 7) #40

Closed 517qf closed 6 years ago

517qf commented 6 years ago

I can start sl_zk on Windows 8.1 and everything seems to work as in 10.

I think many people are still on 7.

Could you add one or two sentences into https://github.com/renerocksai/sublimeless_zk#windows like "Only tested in Windows10. Should work on prior version but use at your own risk. no bug reports are accepted" or maybe it's "Only works in Windows 10 because some options depend on features of Windows 10 which lead to strange errors on prior versions that you won't notice immediately.".

renerocksai commented 6 years ago

I only have Windows 10 (64bit). Hence the README says:

The releases section of the GitHub repository provides binary downloads for up-to-date versions of both Windows 10 (64bit) and macOs.

But I agree, it would make sense to repeat it in the dedicated Windows section. I have a Win7 VM somewhere --- maybe I can support it. But that's very low on my todo list.

I cannot infer from your post: Did you try on Win7 and it didn't work..? Was it 32bit? That would explain it...

517qf commented 6 years ago

I understand the sentence you quote as "doesn't run on Windows 7". But I don't think that you want to say this.

I tested on 8.1(64 bit). I didn't test on windows 7.

I don't think that you should support older versions at all: If an error occurs only in windows 7 but not in 10 I would label it as "wontfix". Your time is much too valuable (and I still have so many suggestions ...) and win7 support will end in 2020-01-14. If you release a stable version in six months windows 7 will only live for one year ...

I think a sentence like this is much more clear: "The releases section of the GitHub repository provides binary downloads. The Windows version has only been tested with Windows10 (64bit). It might work with Windows 7 or 8.1. Do this at your own risk". But there's a good chance that my English is at fault for my misunderstanding.