Re: [pygame] cross-platform prefs storage?

[Michael <mogmios@mlug.missouri.edu>]

Sort of my solution to a slightly related problem.. useful if you want 
to grab data from the Windows registry about where to put certain files..

import os, sys
def personal_directory ( default = None ):
       pdir = None
       if sys.platform.startswith ( 'win' ):
               import _winreg
               reg = _winreg.ConnectRegistry ( None, 
_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER )
               pkey = _winreg.OpenKey ( reg,  
r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" )
               pdir = _winreg.QueryValueEx ( pkey, 'Personal' )[0]
               _winreg.CloseKey ( pkey )
               _winreg.CloseKey ( reg )
       else:
               pdir = os.getenv ( 'HOME' )
       if not pdir:
               pdir = default
       return pdir