confused about pathnames no more

To answer my own question.
You can get document directory with sys:get-folder-path
on windows or mac.

CL-USER 24 > (sys:get-folder-path :documents)
"C:\\Documents and Settings\\John Thingstad_2\\My Documents"

This gets user home directory.

CL-USER 19 > (first (directory "~"))
#P"C:/Documents and Settings/John Thingstad_2/"


(defparameter *app-help-directory*
   (merge-pathnames
    (make-pathname :directory '(:RELATIVE "game" "help"))
    (first (directory "~"))))

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