On Jun 6, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Devin Asay wrote:
> 
> > I checked Ken Ray's site (http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode
> > /tips/file010.htm) but don't find exactly what I'm looking for there,
> > plus I'm not sure it's 100% up to date.
> 
> FWIW, I was talking about Ken about the list at his site just a couple weeks 
> ago while diagnosing an issue on Win7, and it seems the info is pretty 
> current.
> 
> I use specialFolderPath(26) for Windows, which take you to a writable folder 
> in user space on XP through Win7 and even Win8 IIRC.

BTW, as I was experimenting I discovered that specialFolderPath("usr") on OS X 
yields ~/Library/Application Support.

Maybe I'm the last one on this bus, but it was news to me, and very helpful. :)

Devin


Devin Asay
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University


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