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On 07/12/10 09:53, Grant Sewell wrote:
I'd prefer ~/.config/appname/... - its MY home directory and ^h reveals some 200 hidden files in it! Its probably in an RFC somewhere but everyone knows better ie can think of a convoluted argument as to why they didnt use a simple #define in their build that could be changed at the drop of a hat but everyone else should change theirs....On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:31:14 +0000 tom wrote:On 07/12/10 08:24, Brad Rogers wrote:On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:13:11 +0000 Grant Sewell<dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Grant,Scratch that... I think I've just found it: It seems to be under ~/.config/Cue another app using the same stupidly named directory......It is ~/.config/google_chrome so its in the 'right place'. Tom te tom te tomThat all depends... it seems that there's half-a-dozen different places to look for user config info. I wouldn't mind if things stuck to the same rules, but it would seem that users should expect settings in one of the following: ~/.appnameconfigfile ~/.appname/configfile(s) ~/.config/appname/configfiles(s) ~/.gnome/ (somewhere) ~/.gnome2/ (somewhere) ~/.kde/share/apps/appname/configfile(s) ~/.kde/share/config/appnamerc ~/.kde4/share/apps/appname/configfile(s) ~/.kde4/share/config/appnamerc ~/.local/appname I understand the KDE camp and the GNOME camp wanting a 'framework' for managing applications' settings and other things, and I appreciate individual developers using ~/.appname/*, but it would be nice for a consistent approach across the board. Grant.
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