On Dec 13, 2007 11:31 PM, Yitzchak Gale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree, that is closer to the correct behavior. > Except that on Vista ShGetFolderPath is deprecated. > Use ShGetKnownFolderPath instead on Vista.
Aha, I didn't know that. Thanks. > Also, %HOMEPATH% is unsuitable for a Unix-style home > directory on pre-Vista systems, because it usually points to > a directory with spaces in its path name. That's one big reason why I don't use it as HOME. > %HOME% is the de-facto standard for Unix-like > shell applications that were ported to Windows and > need a home directory. If someone sets that, it > means they want to use the folder in that way. And > yes, that is the way GHCi has been working until > now, so I think it should still be supported if someone > sets it. Yes. > Yes, that is a problem. A user who sets %HOME% has > indicated that this should be used. I think that should be > returned by getHomeDirectory. Exactly! Juanma _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users