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Re: xdg-directories.el
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: xdg-directories.el |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 21:21:23 +0300 |
> From: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 18:56:45 +0100
>
> In Windows, it is not so simple. User application data should live in
> ~/AppData. I Think
> AppData/emacs/<data,config,cache,runtime>/ is a good starting point.
> Documents and pictures directories,
> however, have their names localised. Thus, we have to dwelve in the evil
> faded registry to get their names in
> the system, if any other method is not available.
There are existing APIs to retrieve these without looking in the
Registry, see, for example
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762181(v=vs.85).aspx
> We should also think whether we need to do anything if we find more
> than one init.el in these places.
>
> The first to be found takes precedence and is read, to the exclusion of the
> postcedent.
I'm not sure I agree. We might want at least warn the user.
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