[PD-dev] [pure-data:patches] #544 wrong default search path on W32

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

hi miller, all,

On W32, Pd uses `%UserProfile%\Application Data\Pd` rather than the
correct `%AppData%\Pd`.
On XP these used to be the same (e.g. `C:\Documents and
Settings\myusername\Application Data\Pd`) but on W7 this has changed
(`%AppData%\Pd` is now something like
`C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\Pd` whereas Pd uses
`C:\Users\myusername\Application Data\Pd`).

the implication of this is that (on W7+):
a) the docs at [1] are (partly) wrong, instructing the user to install
libraries to paths where they are not searched for.
b) in order to install a library in a path that is actually searched by
Pd, the user has to create a non-standard "Application Data" folder (in
addition to the subfolder "Pd")


i think that Pd should use the *standard* paths for application-specific
data, and it should do so by asking the system for these paths, rather
than second guessing them (wrongly).

the patch (attached to the sf ticket) uses `%AppData%\Pd` (for per-user
data) and `%CommonProgramFiles%\Pd` (for global data), which i think is
pretty safe.

gfmards
IOhannes

[1] http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files/



On 04/29/2015 03:55 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
> ** [patches:#544] wrong default search path on W32**
> 
> **Status:** open
> **Group:** bugfix
> **Labels:** w32 search paths 
> **Created:** Wed Apr 29, 2015 01:55 PM UTC by IOhannes m zmölnig
> **Last Updated:** Wed Apr 29, 2015 01:55 PM UTC
> **Owner:** Miller Puckette
> 
> on W32, Pd uses some default search-paths (outside of the Pd-dir), where users can install libraries,... either globally or per-user. the details are explained in the puredata wiki, but in short it is an attempt to use the standard application data paths as provided by W32.
> 
> Unfortunately it seems that Pd has hardcoded parts of these application data paths, rather than using the officially defined envvars.
> i guess this has worked OK for XP, but stopped working properly since W7, namely.
> 
> The attached patch (apply with `git am 0001-Use-*-dat.patch`) fixes this by using envvars that expand to the *standard paths*.
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