[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to home directory

2015-10-25 Thread Keith Teal
Keith Teal added the comment: I would also like to add that the location of this directory is not correct for Windows software. This directory should be created in %APPDATA% where users by default do have write permissions. If there are plans to ever make this application portable then it

[issue8231] Unable to run IDLE without write-access to home directory

2015-10-25 Thread Keith Teal
Keith Teal added the comment: Hi Terry, I did not just make that stuff up on my last post, that is actually the standard for Windows applications. Yes, many Linux ports get it wrong but is that any reason to ever perpetuate a bad practice? To see the standards you can download the Windows