On May 2, 12:30 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> En Thu, 01 May 2008 10:30:03 -0300, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> escribió:
>
> > As for where to store it, I use os.path.expanduser("~") to find the
> > base directory and a bit of platform specific code.
>
> > Something like this snippet
>
> > self.is_windows = sys.platform == 'win32'
> > self.home = os.path.expanduser("~")
> > if self.is_windows:
> > self.config_dir = os.path.join(self.home, "Application Data",
> > self.NAME)
> > else:
> > self.config_dir = os.path.join(self.home, "."+self.NAME)
> > if not os.path.isdir(self.config_dir):
> > os.makedirs(self.config_dir, mode=0700)
> > self.config_file = os.path.join(self.config_dir, "config")
>
> Please don't do that if you distribute your programs. "Application Data"
> is a localized name, like "Program Files" and all special folders. On my
> Spanish version of Windows, they're "Datos de programa" y "Archivos de
> Programa" respectively, and the user may choose to move them to another
> location.
> Use SHGetFolderPath to obtain the path; see
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762181(VS.85).aspx
Thanks for the heads up: wasn't aware those guys were localized.
(Though I wonder why they bothered: Microsoft gives typical users a
guilt trip for putting their own files anywhere other than My
Documents, or Mis Documentos, or whatever.)
Carl Banks
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