[issue1111] Users' directories information

Maciej Piechorka added the comment: As a 'special library' I meant for example QT(metioned at least on #python channel but I can't find it in pyQT documentation) which is a nonsense in pygtk app. __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1111] Users' directories information

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I don't think a uniform access to "configuration information" is possible, or even desirable. The requirements across applications and systems are too diverse to make this feasible. In any case, such a new feature should first be field-tested as a "special libr

[issue1111] Users' directories information

Maciej Piechorka added the comment: It would allow to write in python more cross platform applications without writing it by hand and/or using special libraries. Something like: import sys import os import os.path # ... os.mkdir(os.path.join(sys.configdir(), ".myprogram")) # ... __

[issue1111] Users' directories information

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Can you please elaborate? What does that have to do with Python? -- nosy: +loewis __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ _

[issue1111] Users' directories information

New submission from Maciej Piechorka: User directories varies along systems. On unikses all user data is kept in $HOME directory. Configuration is kept in dot-files. However on others systems places are different. Using predefined values would be most convinent. -- components: Library (L