[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #40444] On Windows, config & history files etc. should go to %APPDATA%

[Andrew Janke]

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #40444 (project octave):

Just a cross-reference note: there's also bug #44548, which is discussing
where `pkg` installs its per-user stuff, which is a similar concern. There are
roles for both %APPDATA% and %LOCALAPPDATA% here.

I think this bug's discussion is probably right in that Octave config
settings, and perhaps command history, should go in the user's roaming profile
in %APPDATA%. Installed programs and data files should probably be
computer-local and go in %LOCALAPPDATA%, and that database shouldn't be
shared. Sharing command history files is problematic, though, since they
change often and there's no merge logic for them; most systems I'm familiar
with store those machine-locally. So .octave_history should probably go in
%LOCALAPPDATA%.

One note: whatever you decide, you shouldn't locate these directories by
looking at %USERPROFILE%. The AppData and AppDataLocal directories and other
special Windows shell folders can be "relocated" independently of the root
folder for the user profile. Use %APPDATA% to find the Roaming Application
Data directory and %LOCALAPPDATA% to find the Local Application Data.

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