Re: [Ethereal-users] change location of preferences dir '.etherea l' on W2K

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 07:27:19AM +0200, h.groth@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 1. On NT use Profile-Dir - and set HOME accordingly, if not set.

Set HOME accordingly, or, if HOME isn't set, use USERPROFILE instead?

> 2. On W9x use C:\programs\common files\ethereal per default,

Is that the directory in which Ethereal would be installed by default,
or does Windows 9x also use "C:\Program Files" as a directory in which
to place directories containing programs (UNIX users, think "/opt")?

> PS: Any way for ethereal to behave more Windows GUI-conforming (
> preferences dialog, file open/save)?

One way to do that is to create a source subdirectory "win32" or "mfc"
or something such as that, at the same level as the "gtk" directory, and
write a native Win32 implementation of the Ethereal GUI code, replacing
the GTK+ implementation.

Unfortunately, we haven't yet completely separated the GUI code from the
rest of Ethereal, so you'd have to finish that as well.

Ethereal is currently a GTK+ application, so it's going to look like
one until it's modified to be built with other GUI toolkits.