Index: README
==================================================================
--- README
+++ README
@@ -52,10 +52,16 @@
 specify the directory containing the documentation files.
 
 Before using it, you must create a file called .heromeshrc in your home
 directory; you may use default.heromeshrc to start with, and then customize
 it as you wish.
+
+If compiled with "./compile p" then it is installed as "bin/heromesh"
+(relative to the current directory, which should be the directory where
+the source files are) and installs "bin/current.heromeshrc" as well (if it
+does not already exist; it won't overwrite an existing file). In this case,
+it can be used as a "portable app" mode.
 
 
 === Documentation ===
 
 Free Hero Mesh includes the following documentation files (plain text):

Index: compile
==================================================================
--- compile
+++ compile
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash --
 set -e
+if test "$1" = "p"; then
+  echo 'Using portable mode.'
+  test -d bin || mkdir bin
+  export EXE=bin/heromesh
+  test -e bin/current.heromeshrc || cp default.heromeshrc bin/current.heromeshrc
+fi
 test -f CFLAGS || echo xxx > CFLAGS
 test "xx$CFLAGS" = "x`cat CFLAGS`" || rm bindings.o class.o picture.o function.o exec.o game.o edit.o picedit.o || true
 echo "x$CFLAGS" > CFLAGS
-test "x$EXE" = "x" && EXE=~/bin/heromesh
+test "x$EXE" = "x" && export EXE=~/bin/heromesh
 echo 'Flags: ' "$CFLAGS"
 echo 'Target filename: ' "$EXE"
 test instruc -nt instruc.h && node instruc.js > instruc.h
 test instruc.js -nt instruc.h && node instruc.js > instruc.h
 test names.js -nt names.h && node names.js > names.h