On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 09:19 +0900, 강예형 wrote:
> 
> First, thanks for the reply. I understand that many programmers
> don't have enough time to reply to users. 

I do try to reply to all non-spam related to Cream, even if those
responses are less than satisfying. :)


> > > Because I am a Korean, I need some automatic language
> > > configurations, which are automated by default. 
> >         
> > I'm curious what these are, how does it know what to do? Do you have
> > to select the language from the list or does it detect language 
> > somehow from the environment?
>         
> I believe the Cream OCI (AKA one-click installer) already does some
> of the configuration (e.g. Automatic language detect and selecting
> appropriate translation of the menu--or is it done by Vim itself?).

This is by Vim (&langmenu), set by selecting the language in a Cream
menu.

> However, it does not configure the Vim Tutor's language, too. When I
> install Vim, the tutor automatically chooses the Korean version of
> the tutor file. Since I understand English a bit (which is quite
> obvious in the first place), I could do with the English tutor.
> However, I would still prefer the Korean tutor file, thank you. 

According to :help tutor, to use a language other than English, you
specify it on the command line:

  vimtutor ko

I'm not on my build or Windows box now to check, I'm not sure Cream's
Vim-only installer includes the tutor translations or not. (Can
anybody else here confirm?)

> > > Also, the installation is missing vim (because it works only on
> > > gVim, obviously) plus many batch file configurations.
> >         
> > Our gvim installer without Cream has both. But we don't include it
> > with the Cream one since they are not compatible. (Besides, vim in
> > a Windows Command Prompt is flakey at best according to the help.) 
>         
> It is? I didn't know that. I thought that Vim in Command Prompt was
> just as powerful, and perhaps a bit more stylish, than gVim. 

Maybe on XP it is ok, but on the Win95-ME environment it was
positively horrible. Even in the GUI version on XP, language (UTF-8)
support is unimpressive.


> > > Am I asking too much by wanting both flexibility and ease of
> > > use?
> >         
> > Not at all, although I'm not certain all the utility of the binary
> > installer can be reproduced in NSIS.
>         
> I wouldn't worry about that. Except for the fact that it is rather
> hard to learn, the NSIS language is quite powerful, able to create
> installers that "doesn't suck and isn't huge." I am quite sure that
> whatever the binary installer does, NSIS would be able to
> emulate--with a few tricks and the right plugins. I wonder if it
> would be possible to just reuse or hack the binary installer part. I
> mean, it's the part of the open-source Vim's code. 

It could be simply that the translations are not included in the
installer. You should find them under tutor/ I think.

> > If you can help me pinpoint exactly what is missing, we may be
> > able to fix things. We don't ever want to leave users out in the
> > cold, but sometimes there are a lot of dependencies to make
> > something work.
>         
> Well, here goes...
> 
> The first thing I found is a need for a  README file at the base of
> the source installation tarball ( cream-0.39.tar.gz as of current).

Although it isn't exactly the FSF standard, I think documents should
be separate from runtime scripts. Figured docs/ was obvious enough.

> I wandered around for a few minutes before finding the INSTALL.BAT
> file. It wasn't really pleasant to wander there.

That should end up in the root of Cream, doesn't it?

> Another thing: cream-0.39.tar.gz/docs/WINDOWS.txt is out of date,
> and creamopen.vbs and all its subsidaries don't work (at least, not
> for me). 

VBS is in constant adjustment by MS and the constant drift (quotes,
double quotes, escaping, spaces) means these techniques are only a
starting point.

> How about just distributing them as script files in an additional
> directory called "WINDOWS"? It will be redundant, of course, but
> make installation easier for us. 

There should be no Windows scripts included with the package other
than the INSTALL.bat, I hope you didn't find any. Otherwise, the
single WINDOWS.txt file is simply documentation, it shouldn't need
its own subdirectory.

> Last question: can I run the one-click Vim/Cream installer on top of
> an existing full installation of Vim?

Yes, either one will simply over-write the other. Only the Vim one
provides an option to remove existing, which will remove the Cream,
but removal can be declined.

-- 
Steve Hall  [ digitect dancingpaper com ]
:: Cream... usability for Vim
::   http://cream.sourceforge.net



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