Where do you save preferences?

[Richmond]

On 06/16/2012 11:44 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Use specialfolderpath(26) on Windows and $HOME on Linux. You can hide the preferences file on Linux by starting the file name with a dot.

You can also hide files and folders on Mac by starting their names with 
a dot.

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> On 16 jun 2012, at 22:28, Bill Vlahos wrote:
>
>> The specialFolderPath ("Preferences") function only works on the Mac.
>>
>> Where do folks put application specific preferences on Windows and LInux?
>>
>> Bill Vlahos
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