[etoys-notify] [JIRA] Commented: (SQ-404) mac plugin breaks if you move Etoys 4 outside of Applications

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timothy commented on SQ-404:
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03:25 teefal SQ-404 . . . i can confirm this always happens, other mac users, can you confirm ?
03:26 bertf it's expected
03:26 teefal has this always happened?
03:26 bertf yes
03:26 teefal i'm nearly sure i've moved etoys to other dirs before and it worked
03:26 teefal perhaps not
03:27 bertf if you had another version installed in its obscure former location, sure
03:27 bertf the plugin needs to find the app
03:27 teefal it's a very common thing for mac users to move programs around . . . this is bad
03:27 teefal okay ... how do other plugins do it, copy the app to plugins dir?
03:28 bertf etoys might be the only app that works this way
03:28 bertf like, there is no Flash app
03:28 teefal perhaps a simpler solution is to allow the user to pick the directory that etoys gets installed into?
03:28 bertf and if you move Java from its default dir, Java plugin breaks, for sure
03:29 bertf that would work but require installer changes.
03:29 teefal the difference is that etoys is a program people double-click often, whereas java is used in other ways (double-click jar, etc)
03:29 bertf unlikely someone finds the time


> mac plugin breaks if you move Etoys 4 outside of Applications
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: SQ-404
>          URL: http://tracker.immuexa.com/browse/SQ-404
>      Project: squeakland
>         Type: Bug
>   Components: etoys
>     Reporter: timothy
>     Priority: Critical
>      Fix For: etoys 4.0 - summer 2009

>
>
> I moved it to a subdir, plugin breaks, move it back to Applications, it works again.

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