Re: plans for LyX, was: fourth release of the LyXWinInstaller

[Angus Leeming]

Angus Leeming wrote:
>> It would also be nice if you compiled the sources with
>> --with-version-suffix (which helps people who switch between 1.4 and
>> 1.3).
> 
> Hmmmmm. The problem here is the LyX User directory only, no?
>     C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX
> Why don't we use
>     
>  string const get_default_user_support_dir(string const & home_dir)
>  {
>  #if defined (USE_WINDOWS_PACKAGING)
>      (void)home_dir; // Silence warning about unused variable.
> 
>       string const user_dir =
>           (string(PACKAGE) == "lyx") ? "LyX" : PACKAGE;
>       GetFolderPath win32_folder_path;
>       return AddPath(win32_folder_path(GetFolderPath::APPDATA),
> -                    user_dir);
> +                    user_dir + '_' + VERSION);
>  #elif defined (USE_MACOSX_PACKAGING)

Or rather

        string const user_dir =
            string(PACKAGE) == "lyx" ?
            string("LyX") + '_' + VERSION : PACKAGE;

        GetFolderPath win32_folder_path;
        return AddPath(win32_folder_path(GetFolderPath::APPDATA),
                       user_dir);

> which would give us
>     C:\Documents and Settings\Angus\Application Data\LyX_1.3.7
> 
> Jean-Marc?

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Angus