On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 18:19 +1100, Graeme Gill wrote: > Michael Natterer wrote: > > > which means for master: > > > > OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.9 > > WIN: (whatever windows folder i have no clue about)\GIMP\2.9 > > XDG: ~/.config/GIMP/2.9 > > Having looked into this, I'm not sure that's correct. > I think it should be: > > OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/GIMP/2.9 > WIN: %APPDATA%\GIMP\2.9 > XDG: ~/.config/GIMP/2.9 > > $XDG_DATA_HOME best corresponds to "Application Support", while > $XDG_CONF_HOME best corresponds to "Preferences". We are not going to make that distinction for GIMP and keep *one* folder instead, because we tell people all the time to get a "clean" install by moving their GIMPDIR away, and we're not starting to tell them to move two folders away. We are going to move the caches to XDG_CACHE_HOME for 2.10 tho. See below for how I see things currently, please comment if I make no sense. > Full list of cross platform mappings (as best I can figure): > > The following paths are used for each of the 5 XDG concepts, listed in order > of priority: > > Per user application related data. > > Per user application configuration settings. > > Per user application cache storage area. > > Local system wide application related data. > > Local system wide application configuration settings. > > Unix: > $XDG_DATA_HOME > $HOME/.local/share Not going to use this one. > $XDG_CONF_HOME > $HOME/.config Check. > $XDG_CACHE_HOME > $HOME/.cache Check. > $XDG_DATA_DIRS > /usr/local/share:/usr/share Check. > $XDG_CONF_DIRS > /etc/xdg What were they thinking when specifying this :) > OS X: > $XDG_DATA_HOME > $HOME/Library/Application Support Check. > $XDG_CONF_HOME > $HOME/Library/Preferences Nope. > $XDG_CACHE_HOME > $HOME/Library/Caches Check. > $XDG_DATA_DIRS > /Library/Application Support Shipped stuff lives in the bundle. > $XDG_CONF_DIRS > /Library/Preferences -> bundle. > MSWin: > $XDG_DATA_HOME > $APPDATA > $HOME/.local/share APPDATA. > $XDG_CONF_HOME > $APPDATA > $HOME/.config APPDATA. > $XDG_CACHE_HOME > $APPDATA/Cache > $HOME/.cache Unclear, I have no clue about windows. > $XDG_DATA_DIRS > $ALLUSERSPROFILE > > $XDG_CONF_DIRS > $ALLUSERSPROFILE -> bundle. _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
