Just a note here: the wxWidgets (and thus wxPython, natch) project has a wxStandardPaths object:
http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/classwx_standard_paths.html It provides a cross platform way to get, well, the standard paths an application might need: GetAppDocumentsDir () GetConfigDir () GetDataDir () GetDocumentsDir () GetExecutablePath () GetInstallPrefix () GetLocalDataDir () GetLocalizedResourcesDir () GetPluginsDir () GetResourcesDir () GetTempDir () GetUserConfigDir () GetUserDataDir () GetUserLocalDataDir () ..... These all "do the right thing" on the supported platforms -- something may be in the application install dir on Windows, int he app bundle on the MAc, and it /etc on Linux, for instance. granted, wx is an application framework, so it needs this stuff, but while pip is about installing python packages, there really is no clear line between at package with a script or two and an application, and even simple scripts may need a few of these things. I don't see why we couldn't include a set like this, and have platform-specific mappings. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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