On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Michael Natterer <mitch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 21:12 -0400, Partha Bagchi wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Michael Natterer <mitch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Since we are about to change things here, let's do >> > it right and consistent across platforms this time. >> > >> > I suggest: >> > >> > OSX: NSApplicationSupportDirectory/GIMP/GIMP_APP_VERSION >> > WIN: APPDATA/GIMP/GIMP_APP_VERSION >> > XDG: XDG_CONFIG_DIR/GIMP/GIMP_APP_VERSION >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > I know the part before "GIMP/2.9" should be handled >> > by g_get_user_config_dir(), but until it does, let's >> > do the right thing anyway. >> > >> > Comments? >> > >> > --mitch >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gimp-developer-list mailing list >> > gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list >> >> Yes, I think this will break a whole lot of folks who have gotten into >> the "bad" habit already with c:/Users/$Username/.gimp-x.x while OSX >> just went from .gimp-x.x to ~/Library/Application Support/gimp-x.x to >> ~/Library/GIMP/x.x back to ~/Library/Application Support/gimp-x.x. > > We didn't officially support OSX until 2.8, and temporarily > breaking the ~/Library/GIMP/x.x mistake, well we just have > to live with it. > >> Can't we simply make this a user configuration as it used to be before >> where one could select the user directory? > > What was this a user configuration? > >> Of course, if the above will be the rule, at least publicize it in advance? > > This will be for 2.10, and we will have docs that help to migrate > directories that are not automatically done (if any). > > --mitch > > Don't get me wrong, I personally think it is a good idea to confirm to an OS's native file standards and this will in some sense "legitimize" Gimp. :). With User configuration I meant, setting the the configuration option --with-gimpdir. Sorry I was not clear. _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
