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- Subject: Re: [AD] Additions for al_get_path() (was Re: Allegro 5 TODOs (from wiki))
- From: Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:20:31 -0700
On December 14, 2008, Matthew Leverton wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I was wondering about the Windows registry. Does Allegro (5) allow for
> > it to be used at all?
Nope. the new config code is a simple ini file parser.
> While I'm not opposed to it, I don't think there's any need to give
> the user an API to access a registry-like configuration system.
>
> It might be useful to store Allegro configuration settings (e.g.,
> default joystick device, OpenGL vs Direct3D) in the registry, if a
> configuration application is supplied. But even that, I don't think is
> all that important to do.
Me either. Many apps are even starting to skip the registry on windows once
again.
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> Matthew Leverton
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