Re: [Celestia-developers] Release date for 1.6.1
Real-time 3D visualization of space
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From: Selden E B. Jr <se...@co...> - 2011-02-28 12:07:52
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Would it be possible to make it an install-time option? Presumably for just this reason, many installers ask Do you want to install this software for all users or for only the curreent user? s. > Here's some information from MSDN: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724475(v=vs.85).aspx > It sounds like we should switch to putting the file association settings in > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes. They won't apply to all users, but > that's a worthwhile tradeoff if we can make the installer run for users > without admin rights. > --Chris > * > * > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Chris Laurel <cl...@gm...> wrote: > > I think that it's possible to make the file associations for the user only > > rather than globally. This could be as simple as writing the registry > > entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of root. I will check this tomorrow. > > > > --Chris > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Selden E Ball Jr <se...@co...>wrote: > > > >> It doesn't get far enough for me to be able to select whether or not > >> icons or associations are set. setup.exe generates a popup which says > >> "You must be an administrator to run this program." > >> > >> (FWIW, If I select "run as..." and leave "current user" and "protect my > >> computer" selected, it fails even more quickly complaining it can't > >> write to a tmp file, so presumably it is getting past that point before > >> discovering it needs to be run as admin.) > >> > >> s. > >> > >> > Nice. From reading the Inno Setup FAQs this would seem to be because > >> > of the writing of registry entries under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT during the > >> > installation. (What happens if you turn off file and URL associatons?) > >> > I think it might be possible to do a workaround using Inno Setup's > >> > Pascal scripting feature, but that'll take me a while to research it. > >> > >> > Andrew > >> > >> > On 22 February 2011 20:33, Selden E Ball Jr <se...@co...> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Yup. fail. > >> > > > >> > > Although I installed Celestia (as admin) to a folder originally > >> belonging > >> > > to my non-priv'd account, the resulting folders are protected against > >> writing > >> > > by a non-admin. e.g. I can't install addons in the extras folder. > >> > > Using Explorer's properties menu from the non-admin account > >> > > shows the folders to be readonly. Celestia can be run, but no changes > >> > > can be made to it. > >> > > > >> > > This is not something I previously worried about. > >> > > > >> > > This is under Windows XP SP3 x32. > >> > > > >> > > *sigh* > >> > > > >> > > s. > >> > > > >> > >> Unfortunately, the installer requires that the person running it be > >> > >> logged in with administrator privileges. Is there any way this can be > >> > >> avoided? > >> > > > >> > >> Updating files from a non-admin account in a folder belonging to an > >> > >> administrator is likely to have issues. > >> > > > >> > >> In most cases, this problem will be invisible, since most people > >> > >> run with admin privs on single-user systems, but requiring that a > >> > >> user of Celestia have admin privs should be unnecessary. > >> > > > >> > >> *sigh* > >> > > > >> > >> Selden > >> > > > >> > >> > I've uploaded the Windows installer with the latest versions of the > >> > >> > exoplanets data files. > >> > > > >> > >> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20485467/celestia/setup.exe > >> > > > >> > >> > Andrew > >> > > > >> > >> > On 8 February 2011 23:30, Chris Laurel <cl...@gm...> wrote: > >> > >> > > I've uploaded a new 1.6.1 MacOS X build: > >> > >> > > > >> http://www.shatters.net/~claurel/celestia/files/celestia-osx-1.6.1.dmg > >> > >> > > The only change is the cel URL / favorites fix. > >> > >> > > --Chris > >> > >> > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Andrew Tribick < > >> ajt...@go...> > >> > >> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Oops that diff was from an experimental directory. Here's the > >> proper one. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Idea behind it is to get the following two URLs to work in > >> exactly the > >> > >> > >> same way > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> cel://Follow/Sol:Earth:Moon:G%c3%a4rtner/2011-02-07T21:51:37.05301?x=mhPJHHFi8////////////w&y=XIGvXgKLIg&z=j4zhd1RNDw&ow=0.814404&ox=0.4714&oy=0.292737&oz=0.169802&select=Sol:Earth:Moon:G%c3%a4rtner&fov=33.847&ts=1<d=0&p=0&rf=16691&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> cel://Follow/Sol:Earth:Moon:Gärtner/2011-02-07T21:51:37.05301?x=mhPJHHFi8////////////w&y=XIGvXgKLIg&z=j4zhd1RNDw&ow=0.814404&ox=0.4714&oy=0.292737&oz=0.169802&select=Sol:Earth:Moon:Gärtner&fov=33.847&ts=1<d=0&p=0&rf=16691&lm=0&tsrc=0&ver=3 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> (Basic idea was to use the MIB number to force it to escape the > >> > >> > >> non-Latin1 characters, turned out this is unnecessary) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Andrew > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 7 February 2011 22:10, Pat Suwalski <pa...@su...> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > On 05/02/11 07:56 AM, Andrew Tribick wrote: > >> > >> > >> >> if (ok) { > >> > >> > >> >> appCore->addToHistory(); > >> > >> > >> >> - appCore->goToUrl(url.latin1()); > >> > >> > >> >> + appCore->goToUrl(KURL(url).url(0, > >> > >> > >> >> QTextCodec::codecForName("ISO8859-1")->mibEnum()).latin1()); > >> > >> > >> >> } > >> > >> > >> >> } > >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > That seems wrong, somehow. Why explicitly create a QTextCodec > >> and assign > >> > >> > >> > it to ISO8859-1? > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > (Just got back from a really nice beach in Cuba, hoping we > >> could release > >> > >> > >> > this week.) > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > --Pat > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel > >> Studio > >> > >> > >> > XE: > >> > >> > >> > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > >> > >> > >> > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development > >> cycle. > >> > >> > >> > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit > >> performance. > >> > >> > >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> > Celestia-developers mailing list > >> > >> > >> > Cel...@li... > >> > >> > >> > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/celestia-developers > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel > >> Studio XE: > >> > >> > >> Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > >> > >> > >> Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development > >> cycle. > >> > >> > >> Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit > >> performance. > >> > >> > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> > >> Celestia-developers mailing list > >> > >> > >> Cel...@li... > >> > >> > >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/celestia-developers > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT > >> data in > >> > >> > Real-Time with Splunk. 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