Re: off-topic somewhat: installing jedit/lilypondtool with no internet connection?

[Aaron Dalton]

On 18/12/2009 5:31 PM, chip wrote:
> Francisco Vila wrote:
>> 2009/12/18 chip <address@hidden>:
>>  
>>> Is it possible to just download everything needed to make an install
>>> disk
>>> that includes jedit/lilypondtool/other plugins (I have 17 plugins
>>> installed)? I want to get a computer that has no internet connection
>>> set up
>>> for working on music and lily.
>>>     
>>
>> Windows or Linux?
>>   
> WinXP
>> Java can be installed from a file. Jedit can be installed from a file
>> upon Java.  On a computer with internet connection, install the jedit
>> plugins and copy the settings folder where they live, I think this
>> could trick to an existing jedit install making it to behave just as
>> if the plugins were installed from the online plugin repo.
>>   
> I don't see a settings folder, did find a settings-backup folder buried
> under Documents and Settings etc etc etc.
> Can I just copy the entire .jedit folder from that directory and paste
> into a new install of jedit on the other computer? That would be the
> easiest thing to do, if it'll actually work afterwards.
>> You could install it while online, then pull off the ethernet cable,
>> uninstall, and try to install again from the files while offline.
>>   
> 
> Can't install it offline, the computer I need it installed on is in a
> location with no internet access.
> 

The settings folder is in your "home" folder
(c:\windows\DaS\Username\.jedit) if I'm not mistaken.  You can copy the
main jedit folder (c:\program files\jedit) to a usb stick or something,
and then manually copy the files in your home folder's "jars" directory
to the "jars" directory in the main jars folder.  I'm not sure about all
the other folders in the .jedit folder or how they work.  I carry on my
usb drive a copy of the jedit installer and the few indispensable
plugins I use.  I just quickly install jedit, copy over the jars into
the main jars folder, and I'm off.  Yes, I have to redo my encoding and
other global settings, but I'm quite used to it now.

Hope that helps.
Aaron