Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python?

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Date	2013-07-12 14:58 +1000
Subject	Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python?
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.4613.1373605132.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:27:04 PM UTC-5, Christian Heimes wrote:
>> Am 11.07.2013 19:19, schrieb Metallicow:
>>
>> > @ Chris ï¿½Kwpolskaï¿½ Warrick
>>
>> > Thanks, that is a start anyway.
>>
>> > a Pure-Python way was what I was wanting, not win32api stuff.
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>> >
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>> > "C:\Windows\Fonts"
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>> > The windows path proves valid. Works on XP, Vista, 7. Not sure about win8....?
>>
>>
>>
>> That's the wrong way to do it. You have to use the proper Windows API to
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>> get to the font directory. It's SHGetKnownFolderPath() with
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>> FOLDERID_Font or SHGetFolderPath() with CSIDL_FONTS.
>>
>>
>>
>> See http://bugs.python.org/issue1763
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>>
>>
>> Christian
>
> typo'd instead of copy/pasted. What I meant was... Chris's code...
>
>>>> FONTDIRS = os.path.join(os.environ['WINDIR'], 'Fonts')
> 'C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts'
>
> returned valid as returned string. Forgot to add >>> part.
> Is there any way to edit posts? Don't see an edit linky anywhere.
> Is there something wrong with using os.environ...?
> win32api stuff is another dependency. Is it really needed?

No, you fundamentally cannot edit posts. This is a Usenet newsgroup
and a mailing list; once your post is sent, it gets carried by lots of
different servers separately. Just send a followup, same as you did
there.

Since you seem to be using Google Groups, please read this to learn
how to avoid antagonizing a significant proportion of the list's best
responders:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython

ChrisA

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How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 08:32 -0700
  Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 17:48 +0200
  Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 08:54 -0700
    Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 18:12 +0200
  Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 10:19 -0700
    Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2013-07-12 03:27 +0200
      Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 21:24 -0700
        Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-12 04:55 +0000
        Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 14:58 +1000
  Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-07-11 18:47 +0100
    Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 11:25 -0700
      Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-07-11 20:13 -0400
      Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2013-07-12 22:36 -0700
        Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Metallicow <metaliobovinus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 23:38 -0700
          Re: How do I get the OS System Font Directory(Cross-Platform) in python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-13 07:20 +0000

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