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Re: [PATCH] checking eww download directory
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] checking eww download directory |
Date: |
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:54:06 +0200 |
> From: Yuri Khan <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:01:23 +0700
> Cc: Mark Oteiza <address@hidden>, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>,
> Emacs developers <address@hidden>
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The Downloads directory exists on Windows only since Windows 7, it's
> > not there on older versions.
>
> The SHGetKnownFolderPath API function is supported since Vista,
> though.
I'd prefer using SHGetFolderPath (which Emacs already uses), as its
availability is almost universal on the supported versions of the OS.
Probably in conjunction with CSIDL_PROFILE.
> The politically correct way on Windows would probably be to
> try to call that with FOLDERID_Downloads, although since Windows 7
> Microsoft dropped the dubious practice of localizing directory names
> on the file system, replacing it with the equally dubious practice of
> replacing actual directory names with localized strings in the shell
> UI instead.
My point was where do you put stuff if Downloads doesn't exist. That
is separate from the issue of finding the directory when it does
exist.
Re: [PATCH] checking eww download directory, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2017/01/27
Re: [PATCH] checking eww download directory, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2017/01/27