On Dec 13, 2007 11:31 PM, Yitzchak Gale
I agree, that is closer to the correct behavior. Except that on Vista ShGetFolderPath is deprecated. Use ShGetKnownFolderPath instead on Vista.
Aha, I didn't know that. Thanks.
Also, %HOMEPATH% is unsuitable for a Unix-style home directory on pre-Vista systems, because it usually points to a directory with spaces in its path name.
That's one big reason why I don't use it as HOME.
%HOME% is the de-facto standard for Unix-like shell applications that were ported to Windows and need a home directory. If someone sets that, it means they want to use the folder in that way. And yes, that is the way GHCi has been working until now, so I think it should still be supported if someone sets it.
Yes.
Yes, that is a problem. A user who sets %HOME% has indicated that this should be used. I think that should be returned by getHomeDirectory.
Exactly! Juanma