From 7de7891c4d0427855f473fc296f34282f603cc8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matej Jeglic <matej.jeglic@elektrina.si>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 08:25:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Removed intialization of _default_directory

---
 doc/pattern_tools/svgfig.py | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pattern_tools/svgfig.py b/doc/pattern_tools/svgfig.py
index 214be640bd..37eaf77c83 100755
--- a/doc/pattern_tools/svgfig.py
+++ b/doc/pattern_tools/svgfig.py
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ try:
 except NameError:
     xrange = range  # Python 3
 
-
-if re.search("windows", platform.system(), re.I):
-    try:
-        import _winreg
-        _default_directory = _winreg.QueryValueEx(_winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
-                             r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Folders"), "Desktop")[0]
-#   tmpdir = _winreg.QueryValueEx(_winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Environment"), "TEMP")[0]
-#   if tmpdir[0:13] != "%USERPROFILE%":
-#     tmpdir = os.path.expanduser("~") + tmpdir[13:]
-    except:
-        _default_directory = os.path.expanduser("~") + os.sep + "Desktop"
-
 _default_fileName = "tmp.svg"
 
 _hacks = {}