[issue24765] Move .idlerc to %APPDATA%\IDLE on Windows

2015-08-07 Thread jan parowka
jan parowka added the comment: > fiddling with the entry bar the right way and adding exactly 'AppDate\' to > the existing path You can type in '%APPDATA%' in the path bar, run dialog, or even start menu, and it will take you to the current user's Application

[issue24765] Move .idlerc to %APPDATA%\IDLE on Windows

2015-07-31 Thread jan parowka
jan parowka added the comment: Mac Developer Library mentions Library/Application Support/ as a preferred directory to store configuration files for an application, gotten via a call to NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains or NSFileManager with NSApplicationSupportDirectory path key and either

[issue24765] Move .idlerc to %APPDATA%\IDLE on Windows

2015-07-31 Thread jan parowka
New submission from jan parowka: IDLE shouldn't pollute user's home directory on Windows, standard location for config files is %APPDATA%\, which resolves to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ in Vista upwards and somewhere in Documents and Settings under XP. -- components: IDL