I’m starting work on making a portable version of ConTeXt, a TeX-based typesetting system similar in scope to LaTeX. Some of the associated utility programs, though, require Perl or Ruby. There are efforts at Portable Perl here and here, and Python here, but searching for Ruby turns up only this (two years old, and not integrated into the PortableApps system).
Anyway, what I need is for Perl & Ruby scripts to be executable from within the context of another application. How hard is that to implement? Might it be easier to include stripped-down versions of the interpreters with my app?
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My Perl Portable Dev Test that you linked is geared towards just such a thing. To use it from a Portable App, you would check for the existance of CommonFiles\Perl\bin\perl.exe, and add it to the PATH environment variable in the launcher so that your launched app uses it to execute Perl.
So far its languishing without any test feedback so please make use of it and let me know how it works for you
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