Jochem Huhmann wrote: > > The problems of game programmers, who would like to have one single spot > to load their data files from the game`s CD? Of course there are a lot > applications that would benefit from a default place where to look for a > mounted floppy or CD or DVD. >
Please forgive me, but I don't quite get the point here. In Windoze (funny I actually meant to spell Windows properly - I guess its subconscious) the effective mount point of a CD-ROM is just as variable as in Linux. I like to keep my CD-ROM on G (I don't know why). Most people have their CD-ROMs on D (I don't' know why). If you have more than one CD-ROM they are on different letters anyway. In fact how would standardizing the location effect having more than one CD-ROM, how would the game know which CD-ROM to look in. In Linux wouldn't installing a game be exactly the same as in windows. You navigate to the directory containing the CD-ROM using whichever way suits you KFM or XTerm or whatever and run the setup program. The setup program works out where it is via $PWD or whatever, that's were it looks for everything. The only problem then would be if you suddenly decide to start mounting your CD-ROM elsewhere. Or if you copy the game directory to another computer that has a different mount point. This is where standardization would be good. Cheers, Daniel. ---------------------------------------- Email: Daniel Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web: http://www.islabs.com
