[Idle-dev] config files

[Tim Peters]

[Jeremy Hylton]
> Question for Windows users: What is a natural place for a per-users
> config file?  On Unix, I'm looking in "%s/.idle" % os.environ['HOME'].
> HOME is defined on Guido's Windows box, but I don't know that I can
> depend on it.

You cannot.  Envars are to be avoided like the plague (or like Perl,
whichever you fear more, and if you believe there's a difference <wink>)
under Windows.

[Mark Hammond]
> I would suggest simply placing it in the Python directory - from
> sys.executable.  Who ever complains that this is not sufficient
> gets to fix it ;-)

Agree with Mark.  Name it idle.ini, for minimal Windows surprise and maximal
Windows portability.

or-".idle"-to-maximize-surprise-and-minimize-portability-ly y'rs  - tim