[Coco] Setting up xroar on linux

Ciaran Anscomb cocomalt at 6809.org.uk
Thu Jun 26 01:32:02 EDT 2014


Greg Law wrote:
> 
> This is a bit twisted, but you're actually looking for 
> C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\XRoar with the one catch being that 
> AppData is a hidden folder so you can't see it by default.

> >From the other side of the fence, XRoar should be able to find this folder 
> without any problem because "C:\Users\<username>\Local Settings" is a 
> junction (symlink) that points to "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local"

Now that's interesting - I didn't realise it was a symlink.  Is there
a recommendation for the application writer to refer to one or the other?

I'm only expecting XRoar data there (or the current working directory
on Windows, as many people just run it from the unzipped directory)
because that's where other apps seemed to be putting their data.
Pretty much just monkey see, monkey do...

I expected (as it existed) that the "~/Local Settings/Application Data"
directory was as familiar to Windows users as "~/Library" to Mac users
or dot files to Unix users.

If there's some other standard location for application files that users
would more be more likely to know about, do shout and I'll add it to
the search path in future.

..ciaran


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