From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-11-08T17:03:22+09:00
Subject: Re: text editor on USB drive

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Phillip Gawlowski
<cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I install Ruby1.92(PC version) on my USB drive but I cannot install a
>> text editor without using adminstrator previlege. I wonder which editor
>> can be installed without using this previlege.
>
> If you don't need file associations and the like, just use one that is
> distributed in a plain ol' ZIP file. I think Notepad++ and VIM both
> ship this way, so just unzip to your USB drive, and run.

There is a website dedicated to the matter of portable applications:
http://portableapps.com/news/2010-11-04_-_notepadpp_portable_5.8.3

Apparently gvim also can be used that way:
http://portableapps.com/apps/development/gvim_portable

And maybe PSPad as well:
http://www.pspad.com/en/

Kind regards

rober

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