On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:54:49 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kurt B. Kaiser) wrote:
>Franz Steinhäusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> wouldn't it be better to place (on windows) not directly >> into the root directory (I hate cluttering the root directory >> with such "unnecessary" dirs ;) ) >> >> I would evaluate the environment variable APPDATA, >> as most programs do. >> If this does not exist (win98), then look for HOMEDIR; >> >> only then, if HOMEDIR also not exist, use the root C:\.idle? >> >> Any opinions? > >I don't worry too much about W98, they are single user systems >and there isn't much clutter. If you want to submit a patch, >I'll probably add it, so long as it doesn't break systems which >already have their .idlerc in c:\. > >It's been like this forever on W98. W2K and WXP put .idlerc into the >correct user directory. Hello Kurt, thank you for your answer. Maybe it is better to leave it as it is; people are used to it anyway. -- Franz Steinhaeusler _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
