Re: commit -- preferences file and per-user data files

Darren Benham (gecko@benham.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:49:02 -0800


On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 10:17:56AM -0600, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
>
> i added code to create an application directory
> (~/.AbiSuite on unix and [...whereever...]\AbiSuite
I'm not sure how the rest of the Linux community feels, but I would have
prefered the *nix directory to be all lower case...

> on win32) to contain all of the per-user data files
> which we'll need to maintain.
>
> i moved the preferences file (~/.abiword on unix
> and [...whereever...]\abiword.txt) to into this
> new directory and renamed it AbiWord.Profile.
>
> hopefully, this will let us create other files
> as necessary without polluting the users's home
> directory with a bunch of files.
>
> this method is like what netscape does (at least
> on unix).
>
> jeff
>
> P.S. hopefully, this will be the last such reorg.
> anyone who's been playing with the preferences
> file, will need to move it to the new location.
> sorry for the inconvenience.
>
>
>
>

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