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u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2006, 06:25:01 pm ---hmm... i don't see the point to that one, just confuses matters.  Good thing j5 now checks for both for backwards compatability reasons. 

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I think that's why mame has both, now.  I think the '-_directory' is supposed to indicate that it only takes one folder and '-path' means it can take multiple folders; IIRC ctrlr used to only be able to have one folder.  Whether mame keeps both is another issue.

Options with both path & _directory (what shows in mame.ini on left, alternative in parentheses):
artpath    (artwork_directory)
ctrlrpath    (ctrlr_directory)

Options with only path:
rompath    (rp)
samplepath    (sp)
inipath   

Options with only _directory:
cfg_directory   
nvram_directory   
memcard_directory   
input_directory   
hiscore_directory   
state_directory   
snapshot_directory   
diff_directory   
comment_directory   

And just for fun, the only option with four ways to do the same thing:
resolution0    (resolution)    (r0)    (r)

Howard_Casto:
While I totally understand all of that, I'm a big fan of the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." philosophy.

I see the logic behind it and at least for options you'll be sending via the command line and not through the ini I appreciate the fact that I can abbreviate, BUT..... Whichever one is used in the ini is what most people will use.  Since both were left in there and it's been the other way for ages, I don't see the point in changing the one printed by the ini.  All it does is have people upgrade and run into misc issues not pertaining to mame, but other applications and front-ends that read the mame ini files. 

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