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Changes between Version 95 and Version 96 of Using Pidgin


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Timestamp:
Jan 8, 2008, 10:28:50 AM (16 years ago)
Author:
FND
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Running Windows Pidgin From a USB Drive (Portable Mode) -- clarification

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    322322=== Running Windows Pidgin From a USB Drive (Portable Mode) ===
    323 It is relatively easy to set up Pidgin to run from a USB drive. Most of Pidgin is very good about not assuming that it is installed; a slightly customized launcher makes it all come together nicely.[[BR]]
     323It is relatively easy to set up Pidgin to run from a USB drive. Most of Pidgin is very good about not assuming that it is installed; a slightly customized launcher makes it all come together nicely.
     324
    324325'''N.B.:''' With the setup described in this guide, other GTK+ applications can use the same GTK+ runtime.
    325326
     
    332333   * `portable\GTK`
    333334   * `portable\Pidgin`
    334  * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`[''version'']`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-`[''version'']`-rev-a-installer.tar.gz`) from SourceForge
     335 * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`<''version''>`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-`<''version''>`-rev-a-installer.tar.gz`) from SourceForge
    335336 * '''extract''' these archives to `extracted\GTK` and `extracted\Pidgin`, respectively
    336337
     
    350351'''''GTK+'''''
    351352 * copy (or move) everything ''except'' the following files and folders to `portable\GTK`:
    352    * `share`
    353    * `COPYING.LIB-2`
     353   * `extracted\GTK\share`
     354   * `extracted\GTK\COPYING.LIB-2`
    354355 * '''language'''
    355356   * if you do ''not'' want to use a language other than American English (`en_US`), delete the entire `portable\GTK\lib\locale` folder
     
    357358 * '''theme'''
    358359   * choose any GTK+ theme from `share\themes` (usually `MS-Windows`)
    359    * copy the theme's `gtkrc` file from `extracted\GTK\share\themes\`[''theme'']`\gtk-2.0` to `portable\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file
     360   * copy the theme's `gtkrc` file from `extracted\GTK\share\themes\`<''theme''>`\gtk-2.0` to `portable\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file
    360361
    361362'''''ASpell'''''
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