Re: [PATCH] checking eww download directory

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:01:23 +0700
> Cc: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 
> 	Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > The Downloads directory exists on Windows only since Windows 7, it's
> > not there on older versions.
> 
> The SHGetKnownFolderPath API function is supported since Vista,
> though.

I'd prefer using SHGetFolderPath (which Emacs already uses), as its
availability is almost universal on the supported versions of the OS.
Probably in conjunction with CSIDL_PROFILE.

> The politically correct way on Windows would probably be to
> try to call that with FOLDERID_Downloads, although since Windows 7
> Microsoft dropped the dubious practice of localizing directory names
> on the file system, replacing it with the equally dubious practice of
> replacing actual directory names with localized strings in the shell
> UI instead.

My point was where do you put stuff if Downloads doesn't exist.  That
is separate from the issue of finding the directory when it does
exist.