Changes between Version 191 and Version 192 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

May 13, 2010, 11:19:25 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Update Portable instructions for 2.7.0

Using Pidgin

@@ -391 +391 @@
    * `portable\GTK`
    * `portable\Pidgin`
- * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`<''version''>`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-`<''version''>`-rev-a-installer.tar.gz`)
+ * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`<''version''>`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-runtime-`<''version''>`.zip`)
  * '''extract''' these archives to `extracted\GTK` and `extracted\Pidgin`, respectively
 
 '''''Pidgin'''''
  * copy (or move) everything ''except'' the following folders from `extracted\Pidgin` to `portable\Pidgin`:
-   * `perl` (former `perlmod`)
+   * `plugins\perl` (former `perlmod`)
+   * `spellcheck`
  * delete (or rename) `perl.dll` and `tcl.dll` in `portable\Pidgin\plugins`
  * '''language'''
@@ -403 +404 @@
  * '''spell-checking'''
    * if you do ''not'' want to use spell-checking, delete `libgtkspell.dll` from `portable\Pidgin`
-   * otherwise, see '''ASpell''' instructions below
+   * otherwise, copy the `spellcheck` directory that was skipped earlier and follow [#manual_win32_spellcheck_installation these instructions] to install one or more dictionaries.
  * rename `portable\Pidgin\pidgin.exe` to `portable\Pidgin\pidgin-portable.exe` - this will cause Pidgin to run in "portable mode"
 
@@ -409 +410 @@
  * copy (or move) everything ''except'' the following files and folders to `portable\GTK`:
    * `extracted\GTK\share`
+   * `extracted\GTK\manifest`
    * `extracted\GTK\COPYING.LIB-2`
  * '''language'''
@@ -416 +418 @@
    * copy the theme's `gtkrc` file from `extracted\GTK\share\themes\`<''theme''>`\gtk-2.0` to `portable\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file
 
-'''''ASpell'''''
-
-For spell-checking support, you will also need to create a minimal ASpell runtime installation from an existing ASpell installation.
-  * create a folder `portable\Aspell` and a sub-folder `portable\Aspell\bin`
-  * copy `aspell-15.dll` into `portable\Aspell\bin`
-  * copy the `data` and `dict` sub-folders into `Portable\Aspell`
-
 Now you can move the entire `portable` onto your USB drive (e.g. `U:\`).
 Running `U:\portable\Pidgin\pidgin-portable.exe` will cause Pidgin to run off the USB drive, saving all settings, logs etc. to `U:\portable\.purple`.
@@ -441 +436 @@
 cd pidgin-*-win32bin && ^
 echo remove unused modules && ^
-rmdir /S /Q perlmod && ^
+rmdir /S /Q plugins\perl && ^
 del plugins\perl.dll plugins\tcl.dll && ^
 echo keep only relevant locale (here: DE) && ^
@@ -452 +447 @@
 rmdir /S /Q %TMPDIR% && ^
 echo disable spell-checking && ^
+rmdir /S /Q spellcheck && ^
 del libgtkspell.dll && ^
 echo activate portable mode && ^