On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Gary Setter wrote: > I want to resolve my problems with the config keywords home-dir, > dict-dir, data-dir, local-data-dir, master-path, filter-path, and > prefix. > > Most Windows programs put their data in the installation folder > within the "/Program Files" folder. Personal data goes under "My > Documents". The installation folder or "My Documents" can be > renamed or moved around. Aspell doesn't have anything that I can > use to setup a master config file that will find those folders. > There are functions that I can call to find those directories, > but I need a hook so that I can call them. > > #define WIN32_USE_EXECUTABLE_DIR 1 > > #if WIN32_USE_EXECUTABLE_DIR > # define PREFIX "!prefix" > # define DICT_DIR "<PREFIX>/dicts" > #else > # define PREFIX "aspell-win32" > # define DICT_DIR "dicts" > #endif > #define CONF_DIR "<PREFIX>" > #define DATA_DIR "<PREFIX>/data"
PREFIX and dicts should always be an absolute path. When will "WIN32_USE_EXECUTABLE_DIR" not be defined? > !prefix expand to the directory where the executable/or dll is. > > I do not understand why you would want to modify the definition > of home based on the location of the executable. > I'm still thinking of using a default value of !home-dir which > would expand to > "/My Documents" or what every the current users personal folder > is. > To avoid upsetting current user, I'm thinking of using another > maco name > WIN32_USE_PERSONAL_DIR > > #if defined(WIN32_USE_PERSONAL_DIR) > # define HOME_DIR "!home-dir" > # define PERSONAL "<lang>.pws" > # define REPL "<lang>.prepl" > #elif defined(ENABLE_WIN32_RELOCATABLE) > # define HOME_DIR "<prefix>" > # define PERSONAL "<lang>.pws" > # define REPL "<lang>.prepl" > #else > # define HOME_DIR "<$HOME|./>" > # define PERSONAL ".aspell.<lang>.pws" > # define REPL ".aspell.<lang>.prepl" > #endif I find something like that acceptable. > What do you think? > > Also why isn't HOME_DIR dirs.h? Because dirs.h is a generated file. It can be moved there if necessary. -- http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org _______________________________________________ Aspell-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/aspell-devel
