[M3devel] INSTALL_ROOT and PKG_USE in cm3.cfg

[Olaf Wagner]

Quoting Jay <jayk123 at hotmail.com>:
> I have seen path() return empty with some older builds, but not with  
>  current builds.
> Where I have seen it, I added in if defined() to cope and something   
> more that I forget, maybe just the "normal" thing, like to bootstrap  
>  from an older build, and it gets overwritten during the bootstrap,   
> once there is a current cm3.exe. I should check, I should check the   
> history, and consistently workaround for all the files with this   
> construct (ie. config-no-install and NT386).
>
> The documentation says it returns the path or directory of cm3.exe.
> But I did find that to be false, but the function is still useful.   
> It seems to return the path of the current Quake code. I haven't   
> looked at the implementation (yet).

Where did you read that?

http://modula3.elegosoft.com/cm3/doc/help/cm3/quake.html says

   path() Returns the directory of the currently executing file as a string

Olaf
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