Re: [Super-tux-devel] DATA_PREFIX crap

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:42:32PM -0500, Tobias Gl=E4=DFer wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I think, our next step, before implementing anything else,
> should definitivly be to eliminate the DATA_PREFIX crap.
> Hard coding file paths into the Code is a very ugly programming
> practise (sorry Bill :^)).

Hermmm.  :^(  I use it a lot, and it really helps packages (e.g., folks
from Debian, people who make RPMs, etc.) to put things where they need it.

Programmatically searching for it could fail.  Why can't the program KNOW
where the files are?!

And putting it in something like "~/.supertuxrc" doesn't make sense,
because then only one person would be able to successfully play the game!=
!!


Having a command-line option might be okay, but really, all of my other
games do this, and have been successfully packaged for various distros
(Debian, RedHat, Slackware) and OSes (Windows, Mac OS, OS X, BeOS, etc.)

So, I guess I'm not compelled quite yet. ;^)

-bill!