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Nagy László Zsolt nagylzs at freemail.hu
Mon Jun 9 16:50:25 EDT 2003 
Mike C. Fletcher wrote:

> This is the kind of thing that should really be in a module in the 
> standard library, with lots of testing/collaboration establishing a 
> robust solution.  I don't really have time to build such a thing, but 
> here's a start that might help someone else work it up (attached).
> Notes:
>     On Win32 you're not supposed to dump data into the user's 
> profile/home directory, you're supposed to use a sub-directory in the 
> AppData directory (or the Local App Data directory for non-roaming 
> apps).    I haven't tested the module on Linux, but it's pretty 
> simplistic on that side.    I'd rather see the seperate mechanisms for 
> finding directories broken out into seperate functions for easier 
> testing/verification/reuse.    There should really be mechanisms for 
> retrieving the other shell-folder types (e.g. ttf font directories, 
> profile directories, desktop directories, menu directories, in other 
> words, a cross-platform version of Win32's SHGetFolderPath would be 
> nice :) .
>
> Oh well, it's a quick hack, you get what you pay for :) .
>
> HTH,
> Mike

This is really something that should be in the standard library. 
Although, you code requires winall extensions. :-) I'm scared about Mac 
users too.

Thank you very much! :-)

  Laci 1.0
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