EmilyEditor Files

This is a download package for Emily version 0.9, a freeware WYSIWYG editor which uses a subset of HTML5 called MLE as its storage format.

This download package contains:

 1.  The app itself in source form (in the "emily0_9" directory).

 2.  A test suite containing a test file for each module in the emily0_9 directory,
     plus various test files in .mle format (in the "test" directory).

 4.  My learning journal for the update from Emily version 0.81.
 
 5.  .bat files to allow the Emily app to be started from the command line and 
     associated with .mle files (in the "emily0_9" directory).
 
Recipe for downloading and running Emily
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Note 1: This recipe is designed for Windows.  Emily will run on any platform that runs the Python interpreter, but you will need to modify some of the steps.

Note 2: You will need administrator permission for some of the steps.

Note 3: You must have Python (version 3.8 or later), PyQt6, and GUIbits version 1.0 installed on your computer.  You can find GUIbits 1.0 at 

  https://sourceforge.net/projects/guibits/
  

 1. Download the "emily0_9.zip" file into a temporary folder, such as "Temp".
 
 2. Unzip the "emily0_9.zip" file to make a folder "emily0_9".
 
 3. Create a folder "Emily" in your "Program Files" folder.
 
 4. Move the "emily0_9" folder into it.
 
 5. Find the environment variables for your system
      (Settings/System/About/Advanced System Settings/Environment Variables)
 
 6. In the "User Variables" section, Find the "Path" environment variable.
 
 7. Add the path of the "emily0_9" folder to it.  
    You can do this by selecting the "Path" variable, and pressing the "Edit" 
    button.
    When the list of paths appears, press the "New" button and add the new path.
    
      (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Emily\emily0_9")
   
 8. The "emily0_9" folder contains a file "emily.bat" which allows you
    to run the Emily from anywhere in the folder tree by saying
 
      emily my_file.mle  (or whatever your .mle file is called)
      
    Emily will run and allow you to edit the file (in a very restricted way!).
    
    You will need to modify the "emily.bat" file or the "emily_loader.bat" file if
    you have not downloaded the "emily0_9" folder into 
    "C:\Program Files\Emily", but have used some other name.

 9. Once you have run Emily and created an .mle file, you can associate all .mle files with the "emily.bat" script by right-clicking on the file entry in File Explorer, selecting "Properties" and updating the "Opens with" entry to the emily.bat file in "C:\Program Files\Emily\emily0_9\".

RNB 11 Jul 23  10:52