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		nakkiel on Aug 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rob Pike: the origin of dotfiles Perhaps the op prefers to use the registry to store settings.. After all HKEY_XXX1230_APP_123 is so friendly.

ansgri on Aug 4, 2012 [–]

Excuse me, but much more typical example is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MiKTeX.org\MiKTeX\2.9\Core. The registry has rather respected conventions.

nakkiel on Aug 5, 2012 | [–]

Yes, thanks.

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