On 09/27/2012 10:50 PM, dmccunney wrote: > Every user will have a preferred organization. One size will not fit all.
Yes indeed. That's why I believe the way to go will be using so,e env variables to store installation paths to software (dosdir, gamesdir, appsdir, develdir for starters, other might follow...) > I'm opposed to that sort of config directory. To the extent it makes > sense, that should be user specifiable, too. Most apps under FreeDOS > will have app specific configs that won't live in a global config > directory, and will usually be found in the same directory where the > app is installed. In fact, I was thinking about only FreeDOS core tools (that is, these that would go install themselves into %DOSDIR%). The vast majority of 3rd party software will have to be installed in their own directories anyway, with all files together (binaries, data, configs, etc) - because that's the way DOS software were usually designed to work. But FreeDOS core tools could be an exception here - in fact, FreeDOS already uses several directories for different purposes: %DOSDIR%\bin for binaries, %DOSDIR%\nls for translations, %DOSDIR%\help for man files, etc... some kind of %DOSDIR%\cfg directory would just extend that idea a little further. bye, Mateusz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
