Re: Win32 Plugin Installation Paths

Gary Kramlich wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 18:36 -0500, Kevin M Stange wrote:
>
>
> > The latter solution requires a bunch of Gaim changes that are #ifdef 
> > _WIN32'd with a function to look up this path and then it's a simple 
> > matter of making everything look there.  In that case, any plugins that 
> > do install would be preferred to install to the "All Users" or "Common 
> > Files" location instead of the program directory.
> >
> > Please let me know what's best in the eyes of Gaim.  Also, think about 
> > whether I should develop this patch to HEAD and oldstatus, or just HEAD.
> >
> > Kevin
>
>
> um wouldn't it just be one #ifdef _win32 to add another plugin dir path?
I'd like to make it search for smiley themes there as well.  I think 
that's the only other thing to worry about at the moment.  Perhaps 
custom smiley themes should also be installed there when the user drags 
a theme tarball to the prefs window.  That's another question we should 
consider.

Kevin


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