> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Janssen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:39 PM > To: Plucker Development List > Subject: Re: Java Pluckerhome (was: alpha jar file containing Plucker > distiller now available) > > > > Nope. Here's all you have to work with on Win2K (without > using cygwin): > > > > Well, not ALL you have, you can set anything you want in %ENV > > > > > USERNAME=Edward Rayl > > > USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Edward Rayl > > > > Looks like we could probably use these. > > > > > > d. > > Yes, $USERPROFILE\.plucker, perhaps. Is that the right place? Or > would something more like $USERPROFILE\PluckerHome be more Win-like? > I'll have to boot up my Win2K partition and try installing Plucker on > it.
Note that the above code is valid for Win 2K/XP. It isn't valid for Win9X. 2K/XP implicitly assume the machine is a shared resource on a network, and more than one user might log onto the machine, so the user's "personal" directories, like My Documents, are placed under <boot drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user name>. Win9X doesn't assume that by default, and there is no <boot drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user name> hierarchy. Everything is installed off of root. HOME is not set by default on nay version of Windows (what should it be set _to_?), but if it _is_ set to something. Plucker could use it. You could theoretically ask the user during the install where things should be placed, or just default to the Plucker installation directory. > Bill ______ Dennis
