Hi found this app after a quick search, seems to work without dependancies already, Open source under the GPL, a perfect fit for a portable app, anyone want to take ownership?
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I am working on it with Registry Rapper.
Can anybody else help?
Kevin? Ryan?
EDIT: Here goes nothin' https://portableapps.com/node/9047
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Hi all,
Just a quick reply to warn you that Comical works on portable format.
You just have to copy the "Comical" install folder onto your PortableApps folder, refrech and it works !
I'll try to package it as PortableApps format if it complies with licence and if i can
Bye
SkN
I noticed the post on trying to use comical with registry rapper and it struck me that it should be fairly simple (assuming you can get the program to build) to go in and change the registry calls to write to a file instead. I pulled down the source for comical and wxwidgets. On examining wxwidgets, I realized it already had code to go either to the registry or a file. So, I changed comical from using the wxconfig code that pointed to the Windows registry to the wxfileconf class. Had to do some other minor changes to get it to compile with the latest version of wxwidgets.
I did finally manage to get the executable to build. I was able to view a zip file with jpeg graphics in it. Haven't tested further. The settings are being saved out to Comical.ini in the directory pointed to by the home environment variable. I'm assuming one should be able to create a batch file to set home before running the program in order to get this to execute from a flash drive.
Just wondering if anyone else is interested in this program. Is there a place to host the executable (and source or diffs) so others can try it out?
I also have a few other cross-platform applications that I've managed to compile under Windows and that also use the 'home' directory to store files in, including fltdj and flphoto (using the fltk cross-platform library) if anyone's interested in those programs too.
I would suggest sourcforge or www.simnplexitynetwork.com.
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Since I don't have space to upload the executable and no one's offered to host it, I thought I'd just share the differences so anyone interested could recompile and build the program for himself or herself. You'll find the instructions to build comical and have it output settings to a local file instead of the registry here:
http://www.distasis.com/cpp/patches.htm#comical
Be sure to check under the Windows subsection on the page not the Linux one. The patches are offered as is. You'll probably have to set the HOME environment variable to where you want the settings file to go before running the application.