Getting XMind Portable setup

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:52 pm

Have no idea if its *really* portable so this one goes in the "Discussion" forum.

X-Mind is a fantastic open source mind mapping, flowchart, and hierarchy tool that was until recently commercial software. Its also a nice example of how Java libraries can be packaged into a program and downloaded as a whole. Hopefully more programs come out that do this same thing.

http://www.xmind.net/downloads/

Note: This download will be very large because there will be versions for non-windows operating systems included in this download.

\XMind_Windows

\MM

\Commons

\MM\Commons
\MM\XMind_Windows

\MM\XMind_Windows\xmind.exe

joby_toss · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:12 am

I find it very difficult to work with ...
Every tool seems so hard to find!
It doesn't offer me the flexibility I need, the flexibility being the hole purpose of mindmap creation process.
I'm sad to say that I don't even care if it is portable or not ...

Maybe this could be suitable for more advanced users, I don't know ... I am very happy with my JauntePE version of Edraw Mind Map free. Every tool and symbol is "right there", just drag-and-drop, everything seems so easy, creating a mindmap feels like a breeze!

Maybe I expected too much from X-Mind... :roll:

webfork · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:24 am

There's a learning curve associated with it but I strongly recommend it. I tested it like a year ago but gave up on it for FreeMind's simplicity, but this program has SO many more features and capabilities.

That said, I have not tested MindMap Free, I'll look into that as well. The website info makes it look pretty good.

joby_toss · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:42 am

Can't help it: X-Mind is portable.

webfork · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:09 am

I just went back and re-read this:

> Can't help it: X-Mind is portable.

Really? Should it be added to the database?

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3727

TESTED: Portable
With Java being required in theory it shouldn't be added, but is this an expectation to the strict rules of TPFC?

Is there a portable alternative available? (excluding joby_toss's previous suggestion) E.G. if Firefox required Java or .NET then Opera would be an alternative web browser. I'm not up to date with this Mind Mapping!

webfork · **Posted:** Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:15 pm

Doesn't require Java. I uninstalled java to make sure -- the program works fine including advanced operations like file export/import and adding images.

I'll add to the database.

Edit: Added!

joby_toss · **Posted:** Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:53 am

When I tested X-Mind I remember that java was bundled in (that's why the big package).
Maybe someone still has it and could take a look inside for java libraries?

Nevertheless, it is portable.

webfork · **Posted:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:39 pm

Space saver: Running AppCompactor (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1472) on the program saved 38 megs, or about a 30% decrease in size. Note that this is a very slow process: I didn't time how long the process takes but I'd estimate between 20 and 30 minutes for my early model core 2 duo processor, (using only one of the cores under a virtual machine).

Note that I didn't test ArcThemAll, which is a evidently the preferred of the two programs here on the forums.

Edit: a user mentioned in comments that you can delete \XMind_Windows\JRE if you are sure that any host machine you use will have Java installed. I tested this and it works, although I didn't check to see if this affected portability.

Emka · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:31 pm **Posts:** 195

XMind v.3.2.1 is available, with - as they say - "some good improvements and a few fixed bugs".

http://blog.xmind.net/en/2010/11/xmind-v3-2-1/

Edit: Now updated in the database.

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:47 pm

I found a behavior of the program that won't affect most users because I'm doing it in a non-portable way. Because I use it a lot, I've associated .xmind files with the portable program. When I open an xmind file in this manner, it will create a temp folder in ..\Commons\data\workspace-cathy

Code:

-Dosgi.instance.area=../Commons/data/workspace-cathy

But if you'll notice its using unix / marks (not Windows \) so I can't just edit this INI file and point it to a Windows temp folder.

Obviously the portable workaround for this is to use Coffee, but my reason for not doing this is complex and not very interesting.

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:45 pm

[Moderator note: Edraw Mind Map was moved to its own thread.]

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