Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho schrieb: >> - Why is a Lazarus installation so different from the installation of >> Windows applications, conforming to the Windows guidelines? > > Why do you think that Lazarus doesn't conform to Windows guidelines?
Executable files should reside in the Programs directory (read-only), Data in the AppData and UserData directories. Settings should reside in the registry. Not that I (personally) like that separation, but it will make sense to administrators. > Can you show a concrete guideline it is breaking? Good point - no, I can't just now, most MSDN entries address .NET. > The only thing I see is that multiple versions share the same > configuration file, but I don't know if this is against any guideline. > > Maybe the default configuration directory should contain the lazarus > version in it. I'll try to figure out a viable solution, when I really start working with multiple Lazarus versions myself. DoDi _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
