On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Paul McNett wrote:

> But setting HomeDirectory in a portable file just seems like it is going to be prone

> to all kinds of trouble, especially if it is absolute (and it needs to be absolute to

> have the intended use). The user could install the app anywhere on their system, yet

> HomeDirectory is still set to '/home/pmcnett/MyCoolApp', even on Windows where that

> path makes no sense.

>

> I just don't think that HomeDirectory is a portable property, and it shouldn't be set

> in stone in the cdxml file.

As it stands now, I agree: it isn't portable. What I was thinking of doing is finding a way to make it portable, so that it can work x-platform. I have a few ideas, but nothing I've tested at all.

-- Ed Leafe

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