From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: $HOME default on w32 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:13:13 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87y8hsonx5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <20041027024056.DUFJ25072.out010.verizon.net@muskrat> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098846846 6913 80.91.229.6 (27 Oct 2004 03:14:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Kai Grossjohann' , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 27 05:13:58 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMeG5-00011j-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:13:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMeNo-00016g-SO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:21:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMeNV-0000wu-VH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:21:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMeNV-0000wX-6y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:21:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMeNV-0000wG-2f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:21:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.74] (helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CMeFO-0000hm-RC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.35.140]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20041027031314.EIVI25820.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EA4D42FD6A; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:13:13 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: "Jay Finger" In-Reply-To: <20041027024056.DUFJ25072.out010.verizon.net@muskrat> (Jay Finger's message of "Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:40:49 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29013 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29013 > Probably the correct constant to use is CSIDL_PERSONAL, which is the user's > "My Documents" folder. > It is not safe to assume that these well-known folders are somewhere under > c:\documents and settings, or even under $USERPROFILE, as in a networked > environment they may get redirected to someplace so that users can have a > common store. So what the difference between the two (conceptually) ? Which one should we use ? What does it mean if $USERPROFILE points to C:/foo/bar and CSIDL_PERSONAL points to U:/toto/titi ? What kind of file should go where ? Stefan