Re: [Rails-devel] Rails configuration

[Jerry A. <jer...@ya...>]

On Windows using C# you can use Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonDocuments). I believe this is the Java equivalent.
 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1503555/how-to-find-my-documents-folder
 

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 From: Stefan Frey <ste...@we...>
To: an 18xx game <rai...@li...> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: [Rails-devel] Rails configuration
  
All:
I am currently refactoring the configuration methods a little bit to 
make them easier to follow (the core of that code dates back to Colossus).

What would you think about adding a default directory to store rails 
application data and settings. Something like ~/.rails on a Unix system.
The major advantage would be that the settings would survive new 
releases without providing an installer that searches for the 
application data.

However I do not know what is the current handling for application data 
on a Windows system? Is there a unique place or a way to retrieve them 
from Java or (better) the batch file?

As we currently use batch/shell files already I would prefer to have 
command line option which allows users to change that directory easily 
if they do not want the storage option chosen by default.

Another question is how does this work on a Mac system? As the Mac OS is 
built on a BSD I would assume that the Unix way of things should work, 
but is that true?

Other opinions and recommendations?

Thanks,
Stefan

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