#270 Making a USB stick with multiple OS support for

[Anonymous]

I just thought of something for the image and xowa folders:
there are 3 different types of files (windows, linux and macosx
files), so to ensure use of all these OS's with a same wiki:

• it would be best to have the xowa folders called xowa_win, xowa_lin,
  and xowa_osx
  Currently, the zipped app folders unzip to a folder simply called
  "xowa", that's confusing if there are 2 or more xowa's on the usb
  stick (for multiple os support).

Next, I was wondering whether the image folder can be placed higher
up, at /imagedump rather than /xowa_win/imagedump This way, it's less
confusing with the other xowa versions (all under /imagedump rather
than in the windows xowa folder)

Then, I assume that the data for the wiki (under /xowa_win/wiki,
xowa_win/user/anonymous/wiki and xowa_win/file) all need to be present
at the seperate xowa version folders. The question is however: can I
copy these between the versions or is this not possible ? I would like
the wikis on my usb stick to be available for all operating systems,
and filesize isn't too much of a problem (only the image folder needs
to be useble by all versions, since I don't have room to copy that 3x)

[Anonymous]

it would be best to have the xowa folders called xowa_win, xowa_lin,
and xowa_osx

I disagree. The app is modeled around a concept of one root folder. A
user can create 3 folders if he / she wants, but it's not something I
will directly support.

Currently, the zipped app folders unzip to a folder simply called
"xowa", that's confusing that's confusing if there are 2 or more xowa's on the usb
stick

I have toyed around with the idea of unifying all the xowa_*.jars into
one. For now, I'm keeping them separate b/c they are easier to
maintain. If I ever do unite them, then this concern goes away.

Next, I was wondering whether the image folder can be placed higher
up, at /imagedump rather than /xowa_win/imagedump

The image dump will take an absolute path, so you would be free to
place it anywhere.

The question is however: can I
copy these between the versions or is this not possible ?

I am planning to add a feature in the next month or two to specify
absolute paths for wikis / files. So in your scenario, you would do
something like this

/xowa_win/ : windows_binaries + special_config_file
/xowa_lin/ : linux_binaries + special_config_file
/xowa_mac/ : mac binaries + special_config_file
/atcolib/ : your atcolib folder

The "special_config_file" would tell each jar to look for its wiki /
file at "/atcolib/". Hence you would not have to triplicate your
images / data.

Keep in mind that I am only bringing this up as an illustration. As I
said above, I am not supporting the 3 OS folder scenario. I'm merely
describing how you might be able to leverage a future feature if you
really want to go that route.

[gnosygnu]

As discussed above, this is not a scenario that XOWA will support. XOWA works from one root folder, and all binaries are contained within. Accordingly, I'm marking this ticket declined.

[gnosygnu]

I'm going to mark this item closed. As stated earlier, I'm not planning to implement this feature

[Anonymous]

I was just wondering whether the specifying of paths for the offline wiki data can allready be done (so that by simply modifying one special_config_file , a different offline wiki can be loaded, see post of 2013-12-03 ).

That way, I can have all binary files/data of the offline wiki at a same location (ie in a folder above the 3 OS folders, e.g. /atcolib/atcolibdata/) which allows reducing the size of the combined data considerably -as I don't need to send the same wiki data 3x, e.g. when transferring everything via internet-