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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KConfig and $HOME
From:       "Thomas Braxton" <kde.braxton () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-10-12 19:00:43
Message-ID: 928c3f1b0710121200v50de6f62xf8653508c0d7274a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 10/12/07, Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 11:50:30AM -0400, Allen Winter wrote:
> > 1) support reading environment variables with or without the [$e]
> > 2) support writing environment variables only with the [$e]
> >
> most definitely not. variables were never just expanded.
> we are talking exclusively about {read,write}PathEntry(), for which
> $HOME/ at the beginning is sort of a magic token. i don't think it makes
> much sense to change that behavior in any way.
> and btw, this means that if somebody uses a $e path entry, he has to
> write it $$HOME/... in the ini file.


Sorry I just checked my mail, I want to make sure exactly what we want here
so I can fix it tommorrow. It looks like we want to convert $HOME/ anytime
readPathEntry is used even if there is no [$e], is this right?

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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Oswald \
Buddenhagen</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:ossi@kde.org">ossi@kde.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On \
Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 11:50:30AM -0400, Allen Winter wrote:<br>&gt; 1) support reading \
environment variables with or without the [$e]<br>&gt; 2) support writing environment \
variables only with the [$e]<br>&gt;<br>most definitely not. variables were never \
just expanded. <br>we are talking exclusively about {read,write}PathEntry(), for \
which<br>$HOME/ at the beginning is sort of a magic token. i don&#39;t think it \
makes<br>much sense to change that behavior in any way.<br>and btw, this means that \
if somebody uses a $e path entry, he has to <br>write it $$HOME/... in the ini \
file.</blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Sorry I just \
checked my mail, I want to make sure exactly what we want here so I can fix it \
tommorrow.&nbsp;It looks like we want to convert $HOME/ anytime readPathEntry is used \
even if there is no [$e], is this right? </div><br>&nbsp;</div>



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