[lokisetup] CDkey prompting...

Ludwig Nussel ludwig.nussel at gmx.de
Tue Mar 2 14:33:00 EST 2004


Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
> ...Greg added a "please enter your CD key" dialog to carbon_ui at my
> request when we shipped ut2003. I've just checked in code for gtk,
> console, and dialog that does something equivalent.

IMHO the installer is the wrong place for prompting for a CD key.
The CD key belongs to a specific user and should therefore be stored
in $HOME, not globally. Since the game has to validate the key
anyway, it can also prompt the user to (re)enter one if it's missing
or invalid.

cu
Ludwig

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