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A solution to the development how to's. digitxp (Homepage)
- June 19, 2008 - 8:24pm
I just performed a
That's just the tip of the iceberg (it took 5 minutes to find these). We really need a how to. ( categories: )
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Hmmm.
Not so sure about PortableApps.nsh at this point.
It has been demonstrated (without dispute) that PortableApps.nsh could help:
It has also been demonstrated that there is near-zero interest from the developers who visit these forums. I assume folks are interested in improving the Platform (including the launchers), but my suggestions and contributions have utterly failed to capture any of that interest.
So, I haven't prioritized the release of any new features. Don't reckon I'll be working on a How-To real soon, either.
-hea
I dont think your efforts are
I dont think your efforts are without lack of interest, just a lack of free time and everybody seems to be unwilling to make any changes to the core code without John's review of the suggested changes first. Personally, I think your .nsh files could be extremely useful in simplifying development and improving the backup/cleanup/restore capabilities of the launchers. I just have next to no free time anymore.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
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Fortunately, John has given tacit approval since he first weighed in here and provided further feedback here, here and here. Just today, he provided more explicit backing here. Remember, he's a busy man.
I can empathize with the free time problem. But as an old-timer and trendsetter, your vote of confidence in the approach is quite valuable support in and of itself.
Thanks! -hea
Well,
I personally could see it usefull but I think many people are like me in the fact that although we are fairly competent in NSIS have no clue how to create a .nsh. I could see this being very helpful but to be honest I could find anything on how to actually use it so I just decided to stay out of the way.
Release Team Member
I found some stuff.
Here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter5.html#5.1
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter5.html#5.4
Basically, this is the basic structure:
!ifndef CONSTANT !error "CONSTANT not defined" !endif !define MACRONAME "!insertmacro MACRONAME" !macro MACRONAME _PARAM1 _PARAM2 Function ${_PARAM1} Function bla ${_PARAM2} !macroendInsert original signature here with Greasemonkey Script.
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It's not quite ready to be used yet — it's still in development.
But, you can get a good idea of how the header file would be used in a launcher by looking at the test-FooPortable.nsi test launcher included in the PortableApps.nsh test suite. Note that that example doesn't do everything a normal launcher does, since its primary purpose is actually to test the functionality of the header file itself. It does show what the corresponding launcher sections would look like, however.
As far as creating NSH header files, they basically just contain any code that can be inserted at the top of an NSI file (outside of a Function or Section). So, it could be as simple as a collection of !includes, !defines or !macros, or be as complicated as WordFunc.nsh or PortableApps.nsh. The best way to learn is by example.
Thanks! -hea
clarification
Please see this post.
Thanks. -hea