describe & newline problems, was: proposed release schedule for maxima 5.9.3
Subject: describe & newline problems, was: proposed release schedule for maxima 5.9.3
From: van.Nek at gmx
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:20:38 +0100
Am 13 Dec 2005 um 11:02 hat Robert Dodier geschrieben:
> On 13 Dec 2005 10:29:17 -0500, Camm Maguire wrote:
>
> > Greetings! What is a good default tmp dir on windows/mingw?
>
> A query about %TMP% and %TEMP% in Windows yielded this reply:
>
> "Those environment variables have existed by
> default in every version of Windows since 95.
> Environment variables can be renamed or deleted,
> so you should still check to make sure it has a
> valid value before using it."
>
That's right. Maybe, %temp% is configured for some reasons.
But to my understanding %userprofile% must directly point to a directory, where this
user stores personal information. So he has full access there, which is important for
writing temporary files there.
Volker van Nek