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Installing Leo Editor on Windows

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    1. 1. Optional

    This is for a virgin system without python etc installed. Skip any step not needed. Consider this a placeholder. Eventually this page or something like it will be folded into the Leo docs and this wil be irrelevant.

    1. Install Python 2.x - There are many sources, but from http://www.python.org/download/releases/ is good.

    2. Install PyQt - acquire and run Binary Package from http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download which matches installed Python version (so for python 2.5 scan for the “Py2.5″ in filename)

    3. Install Leo

    • Head to http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ and slap [Download Now]
    • You can unpack the .zip file anywhere, including Python’s site-packages folder, for example, C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\leo-4-6-2-final
    • [optional] Generate/update a junction link from unpacked leo-4-6-2-final to …\site-packages\leo (cmd prompt):

    cd C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\
    junction leo leo-4-6-2-final

    • Create windows shortcut with following properties (edit paths as necessary; change leo to leo-4-6-2-final if you didn't create a junction):
      • r-click on Desktop > New > Shortcut > Target: c:\Python25\pythonw.exe > Name: Leo Editor > ok, ok
      • Select shortcut > Properties:
        Target = C:\Python25\pythonw.exe C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\leo\launchLeo.py
        Start in = "%userprofile%\My Documents" (change to wherever you like to save your work)
    • Associate .leo filetype batch file (cmd prompt):

    ftype LeoFile=C:\Python25\pythonw.exe C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\leo\launchLeo.py “%1″
    assoc .leo=LeoFile

    Optional
    • Put this leo.bat in %PATH%:

    @start /b "Leo" C:\Python25\python.exe -i C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\leo\launchLeo.py %*

    • Add to r-click-->new context menu:
      • save this empty template leofile.leo to %windir%\ShellNew
        (alternatively, from a command prompt run "leo %windir%\ShellNew\leofile.leo", save and exit)
      • merge  leo-shell-new.reg.txt to your registry.

     

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