Ken Takata wrote:
> 2018/12/22 Sat 1:08:25 UTC+9 Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > I wrote: > > > > > Patch 8.1.0616 > > > Problem: NSIS installer is outdated. > > > Solution: Use modern syntax, MUI2 and make it work better. Add > > > translations. > > > (Ken Takata, closes #3501) > > > Files: Filelist, nsis/gvim.nsi, nsis/icons/header.svg, > > > nsis/icons/welcome.svg, nsis/icons/header.bmp, > > > nsis/icons/un_header.bmp, nsis/icons/uninstall.bmp, > > > nsis/icons/welcome.bmp, nsis/lang/danish.nsi, > > > nsis/lang/dutch.nsi, > > > nsis/lang/english.nsi, nsis/lang/german.nsi, > > > nsis/lang/italian.nsi, nsis/lang/japanese.nsi, > > > nsis/lang/simpchinese.nsi, nsis/lang/tradchinese.nsi, > > > src/dosinst.c > > > > I now notice that these .bmp files are very big, 600 Kbyte. > > Is there a way we can avoid that? > > Since .bmp files are not compressed, making them smaller would help. > > But a different format, such as .png, would help much more. > > Can't we just use the .svg files? > > It seems that NSIS can only use .bmp files. However, NSIS uses LZMA to > compress the files, so the size of them are negligible. > I also set `SetCompressorDictSize 64` option in the NSIS script, so the size > of the installer is now smaller than the old non-MUI2 installer. OK, but it's still part of the distributed files. The patch file itself is the biggest ever... > > > > Solution: Use modern syntax, MUI2 and make it work better. Add > > > translations. > > > (Ken Takata, closes #3501) > > I think that Guopeng Wen's name should be also listed. My patch was based on > his work. (I drastically changed it, though.) I'll add it to the patch description, which will end up in version8.txt. -- Have you heard about the new Beowulf cluster? It's so fast, it executes an infinite loop in 6 seconds. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
