Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
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smaragdus
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by smaragdus » Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:31 am
Quotation from gHacks
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/26/atom-1 ... ub-is-out/:
Attention: Atom uses Google Analytics by default for gathering usage information. If you don't want that, you may disable the integration in the following way: Open the settings and there the package manager, search for metrics and click on disable when the metrics package is displayed under core packages. Information about which information are submitted are provided on this page -
https://github.com/atom/metrics .
I tested it rather superficially several months ago and didn't like it at all- bulky (for me 71 MB uncompressed is too much for a text editor), heavy and slow. I haven't checked the latest version but I can't imagine it has changed drastically. The fact that Atom collects user data by default (although it can be prevented) is not fascinating at all so I don't think I will test it any further. Atom is not the type of text editors I like but of course it may be useful to others.
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by ozok » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:11 pm
I didn't like it either. Notepad++ works fine for me.
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by smaragdus » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:47 pm
@ozok
My default text editor for everyday use and simple tasks is AkelPad which is lightning-fast and as light as a feather with only few add-ons enabled. When I need more features I too use Notepad++ which is also excellent. There is an abundance of good free text editors but these two are my favourites.
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by Midas » Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:32 am
Whoa! That a way to give the new guy the shoulder...
@
smaragdus: As someone that sympathizes with privacy concerns, I immediately saw that
Atom's data collecting "
feature"; I chose not to highlight it here to avoid editorializing and exposing bias over a potential new portable. I'm glad that you mentioned it, though, if only for the sake of informed appraisal...

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by smaragdus » Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:31 pm
@Midas
By the way have you tested Atom for portability? Last time I tested it (several months ago) Atom created folder in AppData as far as I remember (I didn't check for registry entries).
There is a Wikipedia entry about Atom-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28text_editor%29
It is impossible for me to be unbiased since I have my tastes and preferences.
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by Midas » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:56 am
smaragdus wrote:@Midas
By the way have you tested Atom for portability?
- ATM, I have no use for an editor such as Atom. And no, I haven't tested it for portability. Notwithstanding, please check the discussion I pointed to above, as it implies similar issues have been resolved...
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I am Baas
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by I am Baas » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:29 am
Tested v1.2.2 NOT portable
\AppData\Roaming\Atom
\user\current\.atom
Bəəs 2.0
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rbon
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by rbon » Thu Nov 19, 2015 4:40 am
I am Baas wrote:Tested v1.2.2 NOT portable
\AppData\Roaming\Atom
\user\current\.atom
You can browse the Atom Blog
http://blog.atom.io/ and You find anything about Portable mode:
I haven't tested it.

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SYSTEM
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by SYSTEM » Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:07 am
rbon wrote:I am Baas wrote:Tested v1.2.2 NOT portable
\AppData\Roaming\Atom
\user\current\.atom
You can browse the Atom Blog
http://blog.atom.io/ and You find anything about Portable mode:
I haven't tested it.

Looks like Atom developers have been going back and forth with portability.
From what I can glean from
pull request #8442, Atom 1.3.0 supports a
--portable command line switch. If it is used, Atom will store its settings in a
.atom folder
next to the Atom directory (i.e. not inside it).
I'll test Atom for portability later today.
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by SYSTEM » Thu Nov 19, 2015 8:13 am
SYSTEM wrote:I'll test Atom for portability later today.
Atom 1.2.2: Portable (Not Stealth)
I created a "data" folder inside Atom's folder and launched Atom with this batch file:
Code: Select all
SET ATOM_HOME=%~d0%~p0\data
START atom.exe
With that, Atom stored its settings inside the "data" folder. However, it also created %APPDATA%\Atom.
Atom 1.3.0 beta 4: Not Portable
I launched Atom 1.3.0 beta 4 with the
--portable switch.
It stored its settings in %USERPROFILE%\.atom and created %APPDATA%\Atom as well. Looks like the command line switch didn't have any effect.

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by guinness » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:50 am
Very weird. As I was following that PR too and presumed it had been added.
Added 179 Applications: Portable
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by webfork » Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:17 pm
SYSTEM wrote:I'll test Atom for portability later today.
Atom 1.2.2: Portable (Not Stealth)
Atom 1.3.0 beta 4: Not Portable
After hearing some nice things about this program, I came back to it thinking it might belong in the database. Unfortunately it looks like the portability status is unclear as the beta anticipates a lack of portability on the eventual release. Should we hold off on this?
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by rbon » Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:36 am
webfork wrote:SYSTEM wrote:I'll test Atom for portability later today.
Atom 1.2.2: Portable (Not Stealth)
Atom 1.3.0 beta 4: Not Portable
After hearing some nice things about this program, I came back to it thinking it might belong in the database. Unfortunately it looks like the portability status is unclear as the beta anticipates a lack of portability on the eventual release. Should we hold off on this?
I have found on Sourceforge.net a build of Atom Portable developed from another developer (gareth-flowers):
- Sourceforge project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atomportable/
- Sourceforge download page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atomportable/files/
- Sourceforge direct download build 1.2.4:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atompor ... e/download
Not tested portability.