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.
Atom portability is achieved by setting an 'ATOM_HOME' environment variable -- check the following "conversation" for further info: http://github.com/atom/atom/pull/5385.
[url]http://atom.io/[/url] author wrote:Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core -- a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file.
As the homepage will only serve you the installer package, you can head to the release repository to download the Atom v1.0.0 Windows zip package: http://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest.
And do spare some time to watch Atom's zany promotional video:
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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.
@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.
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...
@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).
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...
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:
Portable mode
Windows portable mode has been a heavily requested feature https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2939 for a long time. Atom 1.3.0-beta0 has a portable mode for Windows and Linux (with Mac on the way).
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.
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:
Portable mode
Windows portable mode has been a heavily requested feature https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/2939 for a long time. Atom 1.3.0-beta0 has a portable mode for Windows and Linux (with Mac on the way).
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).
.. Yes, this project is hosted on GitHub and it's maintained by "haknode" https://github.com/haknode/AtomPortable/
so if it's works well You can manually update the program and hold the (paf) launcher.
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.
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?
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?
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." - Rick Cook.
