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| There is a Microsoft Windows launcher for FreeMind, written in C.
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| | The launcher has to reside in a directory relative to the application directory. However, it can be run from any other directory. Therefore, if you assign the launcher to a file type, the application is run correctly with the file passed as an argument. | | | The launcher has to reside in a directory relative to the application directory. However, it can be run from any other directory. Therefore, if you assign the launcher to a file type, the application is run correctly with the file passed as an argument. |
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| ==Compilation==
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| This launcher for Microsoft Windows was compiled using [http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html Dev-C++].
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| To download Dev-C++, go to [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ project page at SourceForge].
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| To get Dev-C++ working on Windows Vista, follow this [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1715032&forum_id=48211 forum thread]. The thread instructs you to install MinGW separately, and to set the directories in the settings of Dev-C++ to the ones of MinGW.
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| To recompile it, open the project ''Freemind.dev'' with Dev-C++, and compile the project.
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| The underlying compiler of Dev-C++ was ''MinGW''.
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| ==Files==
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| | Freemind.dev
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| | Project file, to be opened in Dev-C++
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| | Freemind.c
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| | The source code
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| | Makefile.win
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| | Written by Dev-C++. Contains compiler settings.
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| | FreeMind.ico
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| | Application icon file, with light bulb.
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| | FreeMind-document.ico
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| | Document icon file, with light bulb.
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| | FreeMind-butterfly.ico
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| | Icon file, with butterfly icon, instead of light bulb icon. There is no document icon for butterfly.
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| | Icon1.rc
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| | Plain text, resource file, describing the location of icons. Contains:
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| #include <windows.h>
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| //100 ICON "FreeMind-butterfly.ico"
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| 100 ICON "FreeMind.ico"
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| 101 ICON "FreeMind-document.ico"
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| </pre>
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| | Icon1.o
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| | Object file compiled from Icon1.rc and FreeMind.ico (or FreeMind-buttefly.ico)
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| | Freemind.o
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| | Object file compiled from Freemind.c
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| | Freemind.exe
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| | Executable built from Freemind.o and Icon1.o
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| | strip-FreeMind-executable.bat
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| | A batch file for reducing the size of the resulting Freemind.exe, to be executed after the Freemind.exe has been created.
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| Not all of these files are present in CVS; some are only present in the patches.
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| ==Memory constraint==
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| The launcher contains a memory constraint for the Java runtime environment:
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| * In Freemind.c
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| ** <code>char *argument_allowing_more_memory = "-Xmx256M";</code>
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| ** the meaning of "-Xmx": the maximum heap size
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| When FreeMind reaches this upper limit, it starts to freeze.
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| If the maximum heap size is increased to 1024M, the launcher won't work on computers with less than 1024 MB.
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| ==Patches==
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| {| {{Table style}}
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| | [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1361629&group_id=7118&atid=307118 Windows launcher]
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| | Features butterfly icon. An updated launcher features more; see the patch.
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| | [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2023895&group_id=7118&atid=307118 Launcher: Metadata, small cosmetic changes]
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| ==Gotchas==
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| Things to watch
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| # FreeMind.ico must be a real icon, not an icon created by changing the extension of a file from bmp to ico.
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| ==Links==
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| * [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/windows-launcher/ Windows launcher in CVS - directory]
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| * [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freemind/freemind/windows-launcher/Freemind.c?view=log Windows launcher in CVS - source code]
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| * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/ Dev-C++ at SourceForge]
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinGW MinGW]
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| [[Category:Development]]
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