[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main get_path.c,1.2,1.3

[Sascha Sommer]

> On Sunday 20 April 2003 13:50, Sascha Sommer wrote:
> > > Sascha Sommer CVS wrote:
> > > > Modified Files:
> > > > get_path.c
> > > > Log Message:
> > > > allow config file loading outside of cygwin environment
> > >
> > > Hmm, what's the idea behind this commit?  Now every time I run a MinGW
> > > mplayer.exe a directory mplayer with a config file inside is created
in
> > > the directory from which I started mplayer.exe (e.g. Desktop).  Is
this
> > > intended behavior?
> >
> > The idea behind this is to make mplayer work like other windows apps
when
> > no HOME environment variable is set
> > (outside of msys and cygwin environment):
> > You then have
> > Program Files\mplayer\mplayer.exe
> > Program Files\mplayer\mplayer\config
> > Program Files\mplayer\mplayer\codecs.conf
> > Program Files\mplayer\mplayer\font
> > Program Files\mplayer\mplayer\codecs for additional codecs (real etc.)
> > Then only a link to mplayer.exe on you desktop is needed.
> >
> > That it did not make the mplayer dirs before was more or less a bug.
> > Mkdir only failed because the path where it wanted to make .mplayer dir
> > looked like c:\msys\home\unknown/.mplayer.
>
> I think if you do this it makes sense to use windows 2000/xp directory
> structure:
>  - systemwide config to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\mplayer
> - user config to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Applicaion
Data\mplayer
>
> of course this is only standard for english windows default config, but
the
> actual paths can be fetched either from registry or the %USERPROFILE% (or
> sth. like it) enviroment variable.
> For older windversions this is usually %WINDIR%\profiles\%USERNAME%
>
> Maybe a good compromise is to store systemwide config in program
files\mplayer
> and per user config in %USERPROFILE%\mplayer
>

I will try to implement such thing, but I do not have a multiuser system.
Therefore it will take some time.
It is maybe also a good idea to load freetype fonts directly from the
windows font dir.
The current solution was only made because it was impossible to use a config
file without setting HOME variable
before execution.

Sascha