Here are very brief details of HN 4.2 progress for July 2022.
(1) HyperNext Studio v4.2 for Windows
- working on replacing the installer with just a zip archive for using HN etc.
- previous HN releases placed the files in locations recomended by the OS producers,
which can cause problems for some users and might not be future proof.
- now the user will simply unzip the HN apps archive to their desktop or wherever.
- the help docs, example projects and necesary dependendencies will all be in this HN folder.
- users can also create their own project folders on desktop, documents folder or wherever.
- unfortunately double-clicking an HN project or player file will not launch the relevant HN app.
v4.2 for Windows can be released once:
- this new release method is fully working.
- more testing has been done.
The aim is to get HN v4.2 out for both Windows and then older OS X systems.
Then move onto HN v4.3 using an even newer RB compiler.
Eventually ending up on Windows plus latest Mac OS and Ubuntu etc.
