> > I'm trying to set up SciTE for a multi-user Windows > > Blade PC environment, where users cannot edit files on > > the C: drive. I am using the HOME environment variable > > to point to the user's home directory on the network > > for the .recent and .ses files. > > The standard behaviour on Windows is to use > USERPROFILE.
I understand that, but in this particular situation using USERPROFILE is not a workable solution. Setting the "HOME" environment variable has already solved the issue of putting the .recent and .ses files in the user's home network directory, I simply need a similar solution for SciTEUser.properties which doesn't require changing the computer's entire setup. > > Would it be possible to have the SciTEUser.properties > > file location also driven by the HOME environment > > variable when it's present? > > No. HOME is used by various unix derived tools. I > have HOME set for CVS but want SciTE's user properties > to be in the standard profile directory on Windows. > > You can set SciTE_HOME. Setting SciTE_HOME would put the user prefs in the same directory as all the global default properties files I've got set for everyone to use. As I stated earlier, this is a multi-user environment. Multiple people will be running the same network copy of SciTE at the same time, so having only one prefs folder for everyone would clearly not work, and having to maintain and update multiple copies of the same default prefs for everyone kind of defeats the purpose of having a single network copy of the program. ;) Perhaps if there was a SciTE_USER environment variable I could set? > > I've not been able to find > > any other way to persuade SciTE to stop using the C: > > drive for the user prefs. > > Google for "move user profile". I definitely don't have that kind of authority. ;) Everything on the Blades is already set to use a roaming profile, and Windows keys off the USERPROFILE environment variable for the (hidden) C: drive location to put its stuff. So trying to change USERPROFILE (and with it, the entire setup of these Blade machines) isn't something they'll do just for li'l ol' me. ;) It sounds like currently I don't have any other options, since all the solutions you've proposed here were ones I'd already realized wouldn't work. May I request the "SciTE_USER" environment variable solution for a future version of SciTE? Thanks! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Scite-interest mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
