Re: $HOME default on w32

[Stephan Stahl]

Hi

Stefan Monnier said:

>> Probably the correct constant to use is CSIDL_PERSONAL, which is the user's
>> "My Documents" folder.
>
>> It is not safe to assume that these well-known folders are somewhere under
>> c:\documents and settings, or even under $USERPROFILE, as in a networked
>> environment they may get redirected to someplace so that users can have a
>> common store.
>
> So what the difference between the two (conceptually) ?
> Which one should we use ?
> What does it mean if $USERPROFILE points to C:/foo/bar and CSIDL_PERSONAL
> points to U:/toto/titi ?  What kind of file should go where ?

As far as i understand it $USERPROFILE points to the place where the
system puts the user files.. (directories like "Cookies",
"Favorites", "Start Menu").
While "My Documents" holds the users own files.

FWIW i use "My Documents" as $HOME because it is the most accessible
place when working with windowze.  Every filedialog has an item "My
Documents", the second folder in the windowze file explorer is "My
Documents".

Since emacs encourages the user to edit his ".emacs" i think it would
be nice to have it in an accessible place.... My 2 cent....

Stephan
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Stephan Stahl