Re: [AD] Additions for al_get_path() (was Re: Allegro 5 TODOs (from wiki))

[Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On December 14, 2008, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> On December 14, 2008, Matthew Leverton wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 14-Dec-08, at 2:22 AM, Matthew Leverton wrote:
> > >> Both Windows XP and Vista have application folders and user data
> > >> folders that can be queried.
> > >
> > > Sure, but that's AL_PROGRAM_PATH and AL_USER_DATA_PATH, right?
> > > My reference is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762494.aspx.
> > > Apparently there's a newer interface that should be used on Vista...
> >
> > I don't know what Allegro constants we are talking about including.
> > Searching for al_get_path() gave me
> > <http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Al_get_path>:
> >
> > enum {
> >         AL_PROGRAM_PATH = 0,
> >         AL_TEMP_PATH,
> >         AL_SYSTEM_DATA_PATH,
> >         AL_USER_DATA_PATH,
> >         AL_USER_HOME_PATH,
> >         AL_LAST_PATH // must be last
> > };
> >
> > AL_PROGRAM_PATH = folder of executable? it would be useful to have that.
> > AL_TEMP_PATH = GetTempPath() (e.g. c:\temp)
> > AL_SYSTEM_DATA_PATH = CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA (e.g. C:\Documents and
> > Settings\All Users\Application Data\Foo)
> > AL_USER_DATA_PATH = CSIDL_APPDATA (e.g. C:\Documents and
> > Settings\Matthew\Application Data\Foo)
> > AL_USER_HOME_PATH = CSIDL_PERSONAL (e.g. C:\Documents and
> > Settings\Matthew\Documents)
> >
> > Note that the home path is probably more accurately CSIDL_PROFILE, but
> > you shouldn't create your own folders there. Thus, I think the most
> > natural Windows equivalent is "my documents."
>
> My Documents gets pointed at C:\Documents and Settings\User\Document afaik.
> I didn't assign the values willy nilly ;)

Doh. I thought I did point it at the My Documents stuff. Huh. CISDL_PERSONAL 
probably is more correct.

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