Re: HOME on Windows

[Marko Mahnic <marko.mahnic@xxxxxxxx>]

Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as I saw on
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_shelloverview.mspx?mfr=true
> Windows doesn't set the HOME variable by default. As far as I see the
> meaning of Jed_Home_Directory is a place where modes can store it's
> data—this is APPDATA. I am not a Windows user/programmer, but isn't this
> a better default for Jed_Home_Directory?
>
> Bye, Jörg.

Hi.

On XP "Application Data" is a hidden directory.
It is OK to put application settings there for
programs that have a GUI to change the settings.
Since jed is configured by editing sl files,
"Application Data" would be a bad idea.

Many FOSS programs put their settings in %USERPROFILE%
in a subdirectory that starts with a dot:

  %USERPROFILE%/.gimp-2.2
  %USERPROFILE%/.netbeans
  ...

I wonder if jed could do the same: .jedrc could be
a directory instead of a file.

Marko

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