Liteide: LiteIDE not 100% portable

[kravlost]

LiteIDE isn't perfectly portable, because it created a LiteIDE folder inside my user's AppData\Local folder, containing a "Hello World" go program - could it be changed to keep all this on the portable drive?

[dogancelik]

Edit: nvm

[visualfc]

liteide - option - liteapp - Store settings to local ini file

liteide x31 add new command line: liteide --local-setting

[kravlost]

Brilliant, thanks!

[josephspurrier]

It doesn't look like the GoPlay files are portable. Even if you are using local storage, it stays in the AppData folder in Windows.

The goplay path is retrieved from here:
https://github.com/visualfc/liteide/blob/eddb51b5fd2c43836003ca52ab8db9ae4e588b78/liteidex/src/plugins/golangplay/goplaybrowser.cpp#L63

storagePath() is retrieved from here:
https://github.com/visualfc/liteide/blob/7bfa0821eb02e0b1e8219dcb5fc735fb5e823770/liteidex/src/liteapp/liteapp.cpp#L120

QStandardPaths::DataLocation points to AppData.

[josephspurrier]

@steronydh Can you reopen this ticket please?

[dogancelik]

As a temporary solution: there is a way to make it 100% Portable using yaP but it requires admin privileges due to required NTFS permissions to create symlinks. Although that can be altered too

Using a configuration like this:

; App\ and Data\ folders in Root
; App\ folder contains LiteIDE files
; Data\ folder contains "Roaming" and "Local" folders
; Root folder has LiteIDEPortable.exe & LiteIDEPortable.ini

[GENERAL]
application = App\bin\liteide.exe

[BEFORE]
symlink = %LocalAppData%\LiteIDE\ :: Data\Local\
symlink = %AppData%\LiteIDE\ :: Data\Roaming\

It's similar to how PortableApps programs work.

[kravlost]

@josephspurrier As requested.

[visualfc]

fixit liteapp start not create storage, only open goplay windows create

[josephspurrier]

@visualfc I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.