From:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Shared libraries
Date:	30 May 1997 06:48:35 GMT
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Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) wrote:

: A smart install could create a standard directory in its absence. It can
: either prompt for a hard drive letter or assume it can put the djl's on C.
: (Better to ask for a drive letter; D might have the disk space and C might
: not.)

Even so, did you ever use early versions of Doom? It used to put all the
saved games in \doomsav, which was annoying. I like to have control over
what goes where on my system (not just the drive).

Anyway, your installer would rely on people giving the same drive letter
for each program they install; otherwise they would end up with several of
these directories.

Also, the extension .djl is already used ;)

-- 
George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford

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