implementation of "bottle" feature to the future versions of the wine proper

[Eric Pouech]

Kai-Cheung Leung wrote:
> I have tried the Crossover office 5 and I found the bottle function really useful.  
> 
> Basically, this function allows a user to simutaneously own/manage more than one fake Windows installations within an account and when he runs a program, then on the command line, he can specify which of the installations to use for that particular program.
> 
> This function is particularly useful when installing different applications which requires different Windows requirements.  For example, I cannot install M$ Office 97 in the fake Windows 2000 environment and therefore I have to create a separate fake Win98 installation for it.  Then I can create another Windows 2000 fake installation for my other modern programs.  This segregation allows my programs to run smoothly alongside.
> 
> What do you think about the feasibility for implementing the multi-fake-installation feature?  This would involve changing the wine binary and giving each fake installation its own configuration settings.

check the doc about WINEPREFIX
A+

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Eric Pouech