====== Welcome! ======
Welcome to the portable apps development wiki. This wiki is here to serve as a guide to both new and established developers, who develop [[http://portableapps.com|PortableApps Format]] compliant apps.


===== PortableApps.com Status =====
Home page: [[start|Online]] (http://portableapps.com/)
Forums: [[start|Online]] (http://portableapps.com/forums/)


===== PortableApps.com FAQ =====
We're currently working on [[faq|a FAQ for users over here]].


===== About this wiki =====
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===== New Developers =====
  * [[beginners|Beginner's Guide]] - A good checklist for new developers.
  * [[irc|IRC Chat]] - Learn about the PortableApps Freenode channel.
  * [[howto_beta_topic|Development Test Topic Outline]] - A description of the posting layout.



===== Established Developers =====
  * [[What launcher to get examples from]] - Find out which official launcher to look at for your project.
  * [[AdvancedNSIS|NSIS Efficiency]] - Reccomended commands for launchers.
  * [[Compression|Compression]] - Learn about app compression.

===== Quick Reference =====
  * [[locales:menu|Menu Localizations]]


===== Current Application Development =====

  * [[current_projects|Current Application Development]] - A list of portable applications in development stages.
  * [[maconastick|Mac-On-A-Stick Tutorial]] - Step-by-step instructions to set up the Mac System 7 emulator.

===== Discussion =====
Please sign all posts and give appropriate headings







==== Ideas on what to add in the Wiki: ====
  * What's mandatory in an app download to be considered "PortableApps.com format compliant" and what's just "nice to have"
    * Put under Quick Reference  ((//[[ryanmccue@cubegames.net|Ryan McCue]] 2007/10/28 11:41//))
  * Directory structure walkthru with descriptions of each dir
  * Good links to NSIS sample scripts
    * Put under Quick Reference  ((//[[ryanmccue@cubegames.net|Ryan McCue]] 2007/10/28 11:41//))
  * (Advanced) Most efficient NSIS to copy files or whole directories of files from place to place
    * Under Established Developers  ((//[[ryanmccue@cubegames.net|Ryan McCue]] 2007/10/28 11:41//))
  * <del>Sample pa.com Beta forum post.  Include links to the homepage of the app you're portabilzing, description of the app, etc
    * Don't know if that's necessary</del> ((//[[ryanmccue@cubegames.net|Ryan McCue]] 2007/10/28 11:41//))Fixed...
  * Example Build environments
    * Should go under [[packaging]]  ((//[[ryanmccue@cubegames.net|Ryan McCue]] 2007/10/28 11:41//))
  * Anyone have a good program to dump out directory structures to text files not just showing the file names but makes the fake lines with dashes like:

<code>dir -+
     |
     +---Subdir</code>

To accomplish the above, use "tree /A /F" at a command prompt or for a picture of the dir structure, try [[http://yourdir.z5com-pty-ltd.qarchive.org/]] (might look nicer in a Wiki...not sure)

//BuddhaChu//

That was the point of my MiniBrowser that can be found here: [[pa>9810#comment-54383]] as it shows both the folders and the files.

//Steve//

> Yeh, but MISIIM's browser was better :P Anyway, you can link to a topic by going ''<nowiki>[[pa>1000]]</nowiki>'', where 1000 is the topic number.
> //Ryan//

To dump the structure directly to a text file, use the command BuddhaChu mentioned above, but pass the results to [filename].  ie "tree /A /F > dirStruct.txt"  This evening, I may throw together an AutoHotKey app that will do this, and then replace the unneeded lines at the top with the current directory.  Also, I just did #5 in your list.  I created a page that gives a sample Test Release topic template.

//Zach//