[etoys-dev] Etoys on portableapps

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Oct 11 16:59:24 EDT 2010


On 11.10.2010, at 01:38, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:

> On Monday 11 Oct 2010 1:35:16 pm K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
>> 0. Stick a USB drive into the computer. Say it appears as D:\
>> 
>> 1. Unzip Etoys into D:\PortableApps\. If Etoys.app is already in the top 
>> folder, move it under D:\PortableApps\
> I just discovered a simplification. Create a separate directory
>  \PortableApps\EtoysPortable
> and then put or move Etoys.app and any existing Etoys and .etoys folders into 
> this directory.
> 
>> 2. In this directory, create folders App and App\AppInfo. Copy the
>> attached  short appinfo.ini file to that directory. Edit its contents if
>> you like.
> Attached is the new simpler appinfo.ini file.
>> 3. Edit Etoys.ini file and append one more "..\" just before Etoys and .etoys 
>> entries. See attached Etoys.ini file. All projects will appear in \Etoys
>> folder in the USB drive.
> This step is not required. Etoys.app can be used as is without modifying any 
> of its files. All project files will appear in \PortableApps\EtoysPortable\Etoys 
> directory.
> 
> Subbu
> <appinfo.ini>

Are you planning to upload this to the PortableApps site? Would be cool.

Another good place would be uploading to Intel's netbook appstore (appup.com).

- Bert -




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