RE: $HOME default on w32

[Jay Finger]

Yep

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lennart Borgman [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:38 AM
> To: Jay Finger; 'Stefan Monnier'; 'Stephan Stahl'
> Cc: ''Kai Grossjohann' '; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: $HOME default on w32
> 
> Jay, if I got you right there is technically no difference between
> CSIDL_PERSONAL and CSIDL_APPDATA (except for the location). It is more on
> the conceptual side - including the visibility of the folders.
> CSIDL_PERSONAL points to "My Documents" which is more visible.
> 
> In my opinion "My Documents" is more like $HOME. As a programmer I was
> quite
> a bit frustrated in the beginning before I found "Application Data". So
> the
> choice might depend on the audience.
> 
> Actually I feel the division between "My Documents" and "Application Data"
> is far better than $HOME that points to both. But of course we can not do
> much about that now.
> 
> - Lennart
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Finger" <address@hidden>
> 
> : CSIDL_PERSONAL (i.e. My Documents) is per-user.  By default this is
> equal
> to
> : "$USERPROFILE\My Documents".  On networked systems My Documents is often
> : redirected to a user-specific location on the network so that users can
> have
> : one directory of data.  The system also does sync'ing so that when
> offline
> : (e.g. the laptop is not on the network) the data is still available.
> ...
> : So I think CSIDL_PERSONAL would meet both 1 and 2.
> :
> : Just to confuse the issue a little:-) there are two others that you
> might
> : want to consider, but I don't think they're correct for $HOME.
> : CSIDL_APPDATA is application specific data (e.g. where an app might save
> : it's own metadata that users aren't entirely aware of).  For example,
> : Microsoft Outlook saves some user settings in
> : CSIDL_APPDATA\Microsoft\Outlook\...  This directory is by default at
> : "$USERPROFILE\Application Data", but may roam with the user from machine
> to
> : machine.  In other words, it is user specific, but might not be machine
> : specific.
>