Portable ImageJ

Posted by lechristophe on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Portable-ImageJ-tp3700446.html

Hi,

I'd like to know if it's possible to set up a portable version of ImageJ
on a USB stick :

- If Java is on the stick, it ensures reproducibility across computers.
But it will not possible to have a USB key that work both on Windows and
Mac computers, because Java is different on those machines, right ? In
this case, I'm more interested by a Mac USB stick.

- How to tell ImageJ (Mac version) to use a Java VM that is on the key ?
I don't want to use any command line instruction, a "launch ImageJ"
script could be OK for the user.

- Mac only question : the MBF implementation of ImageJ by Tony Collins
uses a IJ_prefs.txt file that has to be put in the Library folder on
Macs. I couldn't find if the location of this IJ_prefs.txt file can be
set in ImageJ (I mean, I looked by opening the ImageJ package under OSX
and reading the plist file). The idea is to read the IJ_prefs.txt file
from the USB key, because I don't want the user to mess with his Library
folder.

Thank you for your help,


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Christophe Leterrier

Postdoc
INSERM UMR641 Neurobiology of ionic channels
IFR Jean Roche - Mediterranee University
Marseille, France