[Geany-Devel] Windows GTK Runtime 2.24 and config directory

[Matthew Brush]

On 14-08-31 08:49 AM, Frank Lanitz wrote:
> Am 24.08.2014 um 21:08 schrieb Matthew Brush:
>> On 14-08-24 08:42 AM, Frank Lanitz wrote:
>>> Am 24.08.2014 um 17:24 schrieb Matthew Brush:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And looking at the code, could never work as is, but the main point is
>>>> using our own wrapper function to get user config dir, it would need to
>>>> be written properly :)
>>>
>>> And having in mind they will add some more magic with later versions of
>>> Windows I'm sure this is a bad idea.
>>>
>>
>> What magic in what versions? And what's different if the Win32 API call
>> is in GLib vs Geany?
>
> I was referring to the layout changes in past and wanted to they, that
> I'm there will be some changes with further versions. Maybe wasn't very
> clear about that ;)
>

Using the Win32 API ensures that whenever the layouts change it won't 
break as Windows will redirect them to the correct location or the Win32 
API will internally deal with it. Using GLib functions won't give that 
level of compatibility (see $subject).

Cheers,
Matthew Brush