BabelPad Portable 7.0.0.1 has been released. BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor and word processor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. BabelPad is freeware for business and personal use.
BabelPad is packaged with permission from BabelStone
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing. It supports HTML editing and preview, conversion between multiple formats, opens dozens of file encodings, RTL and LTR encoding, and lots more. BabelPad supports the most recent version of the Unicode Standard, currently Unicode 7.0 (released June 2014).
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
BabelPad Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
BabelPad Portable is available for immediate download from the BabelPad Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
This app accesses the Windows Registry
Hello,
I just went through the process of setting up my second USB installation of PortableApps.com, and thought I'd try BabelPad Portable.
I have Comodo Firewall running on my computer, and, out of the 146 applications I installed from PortableApps.com, BabelPad Portable was the only one that brought up Comodo's Defense+, stating that BablePad Portable (BabelPad.exe) was attempting to change protected registry keys.
I blocked the application after 4 attempts, and uninstalled it from my USB drive.
My understanding of PortableApps.com-compatible applications is that, if they set or change registry keys, it is supposed to be done to a registry local to the application (in the application's directory tree).
I hope the person who made the installation package can find the problem and repair it, as this looks like an interesting and useful application.
PK
Not quite correct
We do not prevent apps from accessing the registry, nor do we redirect or virtualize registry changes in any way. It is a future consideration but it hasn't been implemented, and as far as I know hasn't even had any real planning put into it.
What we do is backup the necessary registry entries (if they exist) before running the app, put in place your portable settings, then run the app. On closing we then copy your settings out of the registry to a file within the portable install's structure, then replace the original settings that were in the registry.
That, currently, is the only way PortableApps.com apps handles programs that require registry settings to be in place. With 146 apps installed you definitely have installed a number of other apps that also require registry changes, but Comodo is probably triggering based on the volume of changes and/or the specific location of the changes made for BabelPad.