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location of conf files redux
	2007-12-11 07:07:09

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 -- Blog: http://halr9000.com Webmaster, Psi ( http://psi-im.org) Co-host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net)
Re: location of conf files redux
	2007-12-11 08:51:27

+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 < halhalr9000.com">halhalr9000.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 i9;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 -- Blog: http://halr9000.com Webmaster, Psi ( http://psi-im.org) Co-host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net) _______________________________________________ Psi-Devel mailing list Psi-Devellists.affinix.com">Psi-Devellists.affinix.com http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affinix.com -- - Norman Rasmussen - Email: normanrasmussen.co.za">normanrasmussen.co.za - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/
Re: location of conf files redux
	2007-12-11 09:29:47
There's already a flyspray task for this, and a reason why we don't have this yet: we need to migrate the old configuration to the new dir, which is the hard part. There are 2 ways to do this: - On OS X: move the old dir to the new dir (if the new dir doesn't exist), and link the old dir to the new dir. - On Windows: do a recursive copy of the old dir if the new dir doesn't exist yet, and leave behind a "DO_NOT_EDIT_THIS_DIR_AS_IT_HAS_BEEN_MIGRATED_ELSEWHERE " file (it sounds evil to delete the dir, and we need to make sure that the user doesn't accidentally edit his own dir) I'm fine with using the latter solution on mac os x as well, although it is slightly less clean. Now all we need is someone to implement this properly. cheers, Remko PS: It's "Application Support". Mac OS X can handle spaces in filenames just fine _______________________________________________ Psi-Devel mailing list Psi-Devellists.affinix.com http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affin ix.com

Re: location of conf files redux
	2007-12-11 11:27:38

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 < normanrasmussen.co.za"> normanrasmussen.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 < halhalr9000.com" target="_blank">halhalr9000.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 i9;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 -- Blog: http://halr9000.com Webmaster, Psi ( http://psi-im.org) Co-host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net) _______________________________________________ Psi-Devel mailing list Psi-Devellists.affinix.com" target="_blank">Psi-Devellists.affinix.com http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affinix.com -- - Norman Rasmussen - Email: normanrasmussen.co.za" target="_blank">normanrasmussen.co.za - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/ _______________________________________________ Psi-Devel mailing list Psi-Devellists.affinix.com">Psi-Devellists.affinix.com http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affinix.com -- Blog: http://halr9000.com Webmaster, Psi ( http://psi-im.org) Co-host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net)

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