Linux installation

[Bob Warren]

Bob Warren wrote:
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Presumably, the user knows where his desktop is, because if you ask this 
question in Transcript (sorry, "Revolution") you won't get any kind of 
answer: as you know, the function specialFolderPath for obtaining such 
system information, that works on both Mac and Windows, has not been 
implemented in Rev for Linux.

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Richard:

Here is an interesting piece of information which may or may not have 
some practical implications for you.

I have just investigated RealBasic's functions for obtaining fundamental 
system information in Linux. I was using my free copy of RealBasic 2006 
Release 2 for Linux on the Ubuntu pre-release "Dapper Drake" beta.

The following little routine correctly gave me the HD path to my desktop:

   Dim f As FolderItem
   f=DesktopFolder
   If f<>Nil then
     MsgBox f.AbsolutePath
   else
     MsgBox "The folderItem does not exist"
   end if

Other available functions are ApplicationsSupportFolder, FontsFolder, 
PreferencesFolder, StartupItemsFolder, SystemFolder, TemporaryFolder, 
TrashFolder, SpecialFolder.

I haven't tried these other functions yet.

Regards,
Bob