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Re: LDRAWPREDIRS LDRAWPOSTDIRS - additional search paths
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:48:39 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Lars C. Hassing wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Lars C. Hassing wrote:
> > > > I think having ldraw.ini in LDRAWDIR is contradictory, the hen and
> > > > egg problem. To keep thing simple I would like to have only *one*
> > > > ldraw.ini, and since we're going to have it in
> > > > HOME/USERPROFILE/windir anyway to find the LDRAWDIR, I don't see any
> > > > reason to spread it out.
> > >
> > > > The hunt for ldraw.ini could be:
> > > > Windows:
> > > > %LDRAWINI%
> > > > %USERPROFILE%\ldraw.ini
> > > > %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ldraw.ini
> > > > %windir%\ldraw.ini
> > >
> > > But wait. The reason given for looking in LDRAWDIR is for a central
> > > networked LDRAW installation at a school. It'd be nice to have a
> > > default ldraw.ini file at the central location that can be overridden
> > > by one in a users home directory.
> >
> > Isn't that what %ALLUSERSPROFILE% is for?
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> I'm logged onto an NT domain right now at work and it's set to this:
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> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
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> That's on the local drive. But I suppose you're right, a competent
> administrator could set it up somewhere on the network. What does a
> typical networked Windows installation look like? My USERPROFILE
> and ALLUSERSPROFILE are on the C drive, but the "My Documents" folder
> on the start menu is mapped to a location on the network via the
> "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Shortcut to My Documents.lnk" file. I suspect
> the admins created that lnk via the login script, but I'm not positive.
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> > LDRAWINI is just an opportunity for quickly temporarily using another
> > specific ldraw.ini file.
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> I don't think I'll ever use it because it confuses me. If you have
> both LDRAWDIR and LDRAWINI environment variables set, which setting
> do you use to determine the LDRAWDIR: the LDRAWDIR environment var,
> or the BaseDirectory setting in $LDRAWINI/ldraw.ini? If you have a
> particularly evil Windows administrator who points both LDRAWINI and
> LDRAWDIR to his undesireable parts directories, how does the poor
> Windows user go about overriding it?
Seems to me programs need the ability to specify the LDRAWINI directory (and
possibly LDRAWDIR) on the command line, for non-standard setups.
Maybe the library needs an Ldraw-specific getopt[1] function as well.
ROSCO
[1] http://www.rt.com/man/getopt.3.html
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| (...) I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Do you mean "USERS need the ability to specify", or "programs need the ability to READ"? Either way, that approach is for advanced users (software geeks) only. We're trying to improve things for ordinary (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I'm logged onto an NT domain right now at work and it's set to this: ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users That's on the local drive. But I suppose you're right, a competent administrator could set it up somewhere on the network. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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