[LAD] RFC: Default discovery paths for LADSPA, LRDF, LV2 and DSSI (and more?)

[Ralf Mardorf]

Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Chris Cannam wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jeff McClintock<jef at synthedit.com> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>> Windows has official rules for this.  Users are no longer allowed to 
>>> add
>>> random files to an application's directory in "/Program Files/Appname".
>>>     
>>
>> Oh!  This is news to me -- interesting news too, given that I
>> distribute Windows versions of SV without an installer and just expect
>> the user to copy it to %ProgramFiles% if they want it to go there, and
>> that it only looks in immediate subdirectories of %ProgramFiles% for
>> plugins of any sort.
>>
>> I don't recall anyone complaining to me that they couldn't install
>> plugins for it -- maybe this just means nobody is using it?!
>>
>> Can you point to any documentation for this?  I'd like to know what
>> other rules I might be falling afoul of.
>>
>>  
>>> User installed plugins go in CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON , e.g. 
>>> typically
>>> "C:\Program Files\Common Files\LADSPA Plugins..."
>>>     
>>
>> I don't suppose you happen to know whether any Windows-based LADSPA
>> hosts are actually using this path?
>>
>>
>> Chris
> I'm going to delete my Windows installation, but if I can help by 
> keeping it and you ask me explicit to test some behaviour I will do it.

Pardon, I need some time to understand that it was ironic, I will be 
quiet now ;) ... sorry.