Bertolt Mildner wrote:
yes, spaces used to make problems, but that should have gone!?
Which (widely used) tools on Win32 still have problems with spaces?
All the GNU tools. Which means a MinGW installation as well. I agree it sucks, but...
Disagree. %PROGRAMFILES% is intended for program files. There is no "correct" location for development files on Windows. Myself, I have a "C:\src" directory where all development takes place. (I agree with you otherwise: Littering the root with directories is Not Nice.)
As there is no common place for libraries (incl. header, static link libs) the next best IMHO thing is %PROGRAMFILES%.
What options do we have:
- new dir in root: Not a option, imagine everyone would do that!
Isn't it? C:\Lib\boost\... C:\Lib\wxwidgets\... ... Of course, this assumes that everyone will "play nice" and actually use C:\Lib\ as starting point. This would definitely be my choice, though.
- system directory (\Windows, \WinNT, ...): That's a BIG NO-NO!
A VERY big no-no!
- "documents and settings" (\Dokumente und Einstellungen in german): Settings does not fit, documents could fit somehow but typically only documents one creates himself should go there.
Actually, I was wondering about C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\... But then we have the issue with the spaces again.
- %PROGRAMFILES%: That is all what is left, and it is the typical place to install to!
I'm not really opposed to it, if everyone agrees on it. Using %PROGRAMFILES% for it just sorta rubs me the wrong way. But, as mentioned, there's no "right" location, so...
Bertolt
-- /Brian Riis