Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On *nix we specify "HOME" with
| homepath_ = GetEnvPath("HOME");
>
| On Windows, where $HOME doesn't exist, we currently use:
| homepath_ = GetEnvPath("HOMEDRIVE") + GetEnvPath("HOMEPATH");
>
| Trouble is, this doesn't seem very robust. The lyx_init.txt output that I
| posted earlier this morning indicates that
>
| HOMEDRIVE=C:
| HOMEPATH=\
| LOGNAME=Angus
| USERNAME=Angus
| USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Angus
>
| The question is, where would an intelligent default location for the user
| .lyx dir be? I'd suggest that it should be
| C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\.lyx
>
| That would suggest code:
| homepath_ = GetEnvPath("USERPROFILE");
>
| Thoughts?
I agree. Should we cater for older windows?
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Lgb
