[Psi-Devel] location of conf files redux

[Hal Rottenberg]

And we can still use PSIDATA env var for stuff because that would point to
whatever the current case is for that platform and that user.

On Dec 11, 2007 9:51 AM, Norman Rasmussen <norman at rasmussen.co.za> wrote:

> +1 for storing files in a platform specific way,
>
> ~/.psi (on linux)
> ~/Library/Application_Support/Psi (on mac)
> %APPDATA%\Psi (on windows)
>
> On Dec 11, 2007 3:07 PM, Hal Rottenberg < hal at halr9000.com> wrote:
>
> > I've brought this up before on Windows.  This morning a user brought it
> > up regarding Macs:
> >
> > [07:37:06] <nicoduck> i have a question: why does not psi store the app data (under mac os x) in the normal ~/Library/Application_Support folder?
> >
> > [07:59:27] <halr9000> is that the "correct" place to do so?
> >
> > [07:59:49] <halr9000> the short answer is that I believe the devs wanted a consistent location across the 3 platforms we support
> >
> > [08:00:09] <halr9000> but it's always bugged me that on Windows psidata is not stored in ~/Application Data
> >
> > [08:01:00] <halr9000> I'm not a Mac user, nor a dev (I'm the webmaster), so I can't say with authority what is or what should be done
> >
> > [08:01:16] <halr9000> but if other apps store data in ~/Library/Application_Support on a mac--I agree with you
> > [08:03:46] <nicoduck> jep
> > [08:03:48] <nicoduck> they do so
> >
> > [08:04:10] <nicoduck> it is the compliant to the ~/Application Data on windows
> >
> > [08:04:33] <nicoduck> and i'm not very happy about it, because i realized it AFTER i reinstalled my mac
> >
> > [08:04:53] <nicoduck> and lost all logs, since thy are stored in a different directory
> >
> >
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