Re: [Jython-users] Re: [Jython-dev] Re: where to put the registry file on Win NT

[<Arm...@t-...>]

Hi Samuele,

thanks for your help. Indeed, the file name has to be '.jython' in the home
directory.

Regards

Armin

> Note: the personal file should be named .jython also under windows !
>
> I have tried this concretely under w9x (home ~ c:\windows)
> and w2k (home ~ see above) and it works.
>
> Things to check:
> * a registry (.jython) file should respect the hosting os conventions:
>   - Windows: path sep \\ or /, path list sep ;
>   - Un*x: path sep / , path list sep :
>
>   having a single \ (which is a continues-next-line marker)
>   around instead of a \\ seems to prevent proper parsing of the file
>   (symptom: sys.registry seems empty ({})), (we are using the java
>   api for that)
>
> * Test: copy registry from jython inst dir to your home dir as .jython and put a
> line like
>     a.Test = yup
> in it, load jython and check whether sys.registry contains a.Test=yup.
>
> Regards.