On Thu, 1 Feb 2018, Denis Kozlov wrote:
It still feels *very early* to drop support for Windows XP. I haven't used it
properly in years, but I can't say the same about the target user audience. I
still test some builds against Windows XP.
It would be a shame to drop support for Windows XP over
SHGetKnownFolderPath(), when alternatives like SHGetFolderPath() and even
older SHGetSpecialFolderPath() still work in all existing NT versions,
including 2000, XP, 7, 8, 10. I totally support the use of newer API when it
is available, however it is not too difficult to use an older API with
dynamic bindings, especially if we are talking about a single function.
A proposal:
1) Use windirs.GetWindowsSpecialDir in fpttf.pp, which already uses a more
backwards compatible SHGetFolderPath().
2) Optionally, improve windirs.GetWindowsSpecialDir to use a newer
SHGetKnownFolderPath() when it is available.
If this is suitable, I can produce a patch for both.
I would not bother with 1, since the goal is to remove the reference to a font
directory on windows and use the font API of the OS.
Michael.
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