Jilani Khaldi wrote:
So, more generally, I was asking myself if it would not be possible (and better) to have an .exe installer as usual happens in win, including Perl, maybe Ruby (+ or- 20 Mb doesn't change too much). Double click, and it set ups all the installation parameters. A completely autonomous installer would allow many people to try, use and get fond conTeXt (and maybe to leave Word) without having to struggle with problems which typically lead people to leave out.
It seems to me that a similar installer would be a refinement in the spirit of the actual mswincontext distro. At the end, it's not that far form Gerben's distro on macosx. It does everything for me... Or maybe am I missing something?
No, nothing; and it is very easy to do it, above all when it could be done with Ruby using the "gem" installation. You can install and update ConTeXt with a single comand controlling indipendies and everything else needed. It is also very easy using "InnoSetup" (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php).
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