Komodo IDE Portable v12.0.1-91869 released!

A portable launcher for Komodo IDE, ActiveState's multi-language IDE, built with the PortableApps Compiler (pac-man). Everything Komodo changes on the PC is recorded first and undone when Komodo closes, or on the next launch if something went wrong.

ActiveState has stopped developing Komodo; version 12 is the last release, and its source is on GitHub.

System Requirements

Download

https://drive.proton.me/urls/NEV7AE65H4#0R4wNE0I6fHX

Configuration

KomodoIDEPortable.ini, next to the launcher, holds the user settings. If it gets damaged, or you want to go back to the defaults, copy Other\Source\KomodoIDEPortable.ini over it.

[KomodoIDEPortable]
AdditionalParameters=
RunLocally=false
KeyDefaultWhat it does
AdditionalParametersemptyExtra command line switches passed to Komodo.
RunLocallyfalseCopy Komodo to the TEMP folder and run it from there, for read-only media. Changes made in that session aren't saved back.

Launching the package again while Komodo runs passes the files to the running Komodo.

Data

Komodo keeps its settings, toolbox, projects list and Mozilla profile in one folder per version. The launcher points Komodo at Data\ActiveState\KomodoIDE with Komodo's own KOMODO_USERDATADIR setting, so the folder for version 12 is Data\ActiveState\KomodoIDE\12.0. Nothing is copied, linked or moved, and an installed Komodo IDE keeps its own settings.

New projects go to Data\Workspace unless you change the project folder in Komodo's preferences.

When the package moves (another drive letter or folder), the paths Komodo remembered inside the package are updated in its preferences and Mozilla's add-on list. Mozilla's startup cache is cleared after each session, since it holds those paths too; Komodo rebuilds it on the next start.

What's cleaned up

Komodo and the Mozilla platform it's built on make a few folders outside its settings folder:

  • %APPDATA%\ActiveState\Komodo IDE (crash reports)
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\ActiveState\Komodo IDE (the update folder)
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\ActiveState\KomodoIDE
  • %APPDATA%\Mozilla

Any of these that didn't exist before Komodo started is removed when it closes, or on the next launch if Komodo didn't close properly. Folders that already existed (from an installed Komodo) are left alone. %APPDATA%\Mozilla is also where Firefox and Thunderbird keep their profiles, so it's only removed when Komodo made it and no Mozilla program has started using it since.

If something goes wrong

If Komodo IDE Portable didn't close properly (a crash, a power cut, a USB drive pulled out), the next launch tells you and undoes everything the last session changed before it starts again.

When reporting a problem, please include an export of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\pac-man\Journal registry key and the contents of %LOCALAPPDATA%\pac-man\Journal.

Building from source

The launcher is built with the PortableApps Compiler. Its configuration lives in App\AppInfo:

FileContents
App\AppInfo\AppInfo.iniPackage details, version and file types
App\AppInfo\Launcher\KomodoIDEPortable.iniThe launcher configuration: the data folder, the folders to clean up and the path updates
App\AppInfo\Launcher\custom.nshCleaning up the folders Komodo makes outside Data

Credits

By daemon.devin Development 3 min read