Re: [Gimp-developer] XDG support and better Windows configuration path

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 21:12 -0400, Partha Bagchi wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org> 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
> >
> >
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> 
> 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