| From: | Kolbj�rn Barmen |
| Date: | 1 Feb 2000 at 14:01:13 |
| Subject: | Re: Memory usage (ENV:) |
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kolbj=F8rn_Barmen?= <kolla@nvg.ntnu.no>
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Colin Wenzel wrote:
> From: Colin Wenzel <colstv@hotkey.net.au>
>
> On 01-Feb-00, Kolbj�rn Barmen wrote:
> > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kolbj=F8rn_Barmen?= <kolla@nvg.ntnu.no>
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Colin Wenzel wrote:
> >> There was never any documentation released for
> >> applications to use ENV etc... for their own private usage.
> >>
> >> At least in all the books I have.
> >
> > Obviously you dont have the OS manuals then.
> >
>
> I have ALL the ROM Kernal manuals from 1.3 & 2.x
> but no more were printed since them.
>
> >> It would have been better if they used their current dir,
> >> that way, the crap goes when the program does..
> >
> > Nah. I prefer env:/envarc: because then I know where to look.
> > -- kolla
>
> What's wrong with looking in PROGDIR:
> I'm sure you know where that is ?
Depends on application.
Where is progdir: for a library used by a program?
Do you want to configure this lib once and for all, or do you want to
configure it a dozen of times, one for each app that uses it?
What do you expect your sys:prefs to look like?
-- kolla
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