> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:06:44 +0200
> From: siguctua@gmail.com
> To: pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New pharo-dev based on 10178
>
> 2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <amtween@hotmail.com>:
> >
> >
> >> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:07:57 +0200
> >> From: siguctua@gmail.com
> >> To: pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr
> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New pharo-dev based on 10178
> >>
> >> 2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <amtween@hotmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:36:14 +0200
> >> >> From: siguctua@gmail.com
> >> >> To: pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] New pharo-dev based on 10178
> >> >>
> >> >> 2008/11/28 Andrew Tween <amtween@hotmail.com>:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If FFI is present, then FreeTypeFontProvider gets the windows font
> >> >> > folder
> >> >> > path with an API call.
> >> >> > see FreeTypeFontProvider>>getWindowsFontFolderPath
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If FFI is not present, then
> >> >> > FreeTypeFontProvider>>guessWindowsFontFolderPath
> >> >> > is executed, which attempts to guess the fonts folder location.
> >> >> > To do this it checks to see if c:\windows\fonts, d:\windows\fonts,
> >> >> > e:\windows\fonts, etc. exist.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> use
> >> >> SHGetSpecialFolderPath ( NULL, buffer , 0x14 /* = CSIDL_FONTS , from
> >> >> <shlobj.h> */ , false)
> >> >> of shell32.dll to retrieve the location of fonts directory in windoze.
> >> >>
> >> >> Then you don't need to guess anymore where windoze fonts located :)
> >> >
> >> > I obviously didn't make myself clear, so I'll have another go :)
> >> >
> >> > The guessing only happens if FFI is not present.
> >> >
> >> > If FFI is present then it uses FFI to call SHGetFolderPathA in
> >> > shfolder.dll
> >> > to get the location.
> >> >
> >> > please refer to FreeTypeFontProvider>>getWindowsFontFolderPath for the
> >> > details.
> >>
> >> Aha. It not works, because there is no FFI package loaded into dev image.
> >> Once i loaded FFI it stopped bugging me about inserting disk in a drive.
> >>
> >> May i guess, that dev image should contain FFI package by default?
> >
> > I would vote for including FFI in the dev image.
> > And Alien, when it's ready.
> >
> >>
> >> >
> >> > SHGetSpecialFolderPath (or SHGetFolderPath) could be added to some
> >> > plugin,
> >> > rather than using FFI, but hasn't yet.
> >> >
> >>
> >> s/some plugin/freetype plugin
> >>
> >> :)
> >
> > Or make it a general purpose thing in the VM
> >
>
> i don't think that font path is too general to be in VM.

True, but I was thinking beyond just the font path.
Getting the Temp folder path, would also be useful.
A general purpose function could do it all. e.g.
getOSPath: 'fonts'
getOSPath: 'temp'
 
I seem to recall that that this has been discussed in the past on the squeak-dev list.
 
>
> >>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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