view scripts/prefs/prefdir.m @ 20052:4b7b7ac7af2c

use get_home_directory instead of getenv ("HOME") (bug #44694) * files-dock-widget.cc (files_dock_widget::popdownmenu_home): Use get_home_directory instead of getenv ("HOME") for the benefit of Windows systems which may not have HOME set in the environment. * kpse.cc (kpse_tilde_expand): Likewise. * prefdir.m: Likewise. * system.tst: Likewise. * edit.m: Use get_home_directory instead of default_home. (default_home): Delete subfunction.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:19:30 -0400
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## Copyright (C) 2013-2015 John Donoghue
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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##
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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Command} {} prefdir
## @deftypefnx {Command} {@var{dir} =} prefdir
## Return the directory that contains the preferences for Octave.
##
## Examples:
##
## Display the preferences directory
##
## @example
## prefdir
## @end example
##
## Change to the preferences folder
##
## @example
## cd (prefdir)
## @end example
## @seealso{getpref, setpref, addpref, rmpref, ispref}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: John Donoghue
## Version: 0.01

function folder = prefdir ()

  folder = get_home_directory ();

endfunction