Re: [fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir under Unices

2005-11-10 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Michalis Kamburelis wrote: Hi I had some time today and I decided to write a simple patch that fixes GetAppConfigDir, adhering to basedir-spec. The arguments after adhering to basedir-spec are: - The idea to place things within .config/ seems sensible. - On my

Re: [fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir under Unices

2005-11-04 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, dannym wrote: Hi, Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 05:46 +0100 schrieb Michalis Kamburelis: Hi I just tested SysUtils.GetAppConfigDir under Linux and I see that it returns GetHomeDir + ApplicationName (when Global = false). Shouldn't it rather return GetHomeDir + '.' +

Re: [fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir under Unices

2005-11-04 Thread dannym
Hi, Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 17:26 +0100 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt: On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, dannym wrote: Hi, Am Freitag, den 04.11.2005, 05:46 +0100 schrieb Michalis Kamburelis: Hi I just tested SysUtils.GetAppConfigDir under Linux and I see that it returns GetHomeDir +

[fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir under Unices

2005-11-03 Thread Michalis Kamburelis
Hi I just tested SysUtils.GetAppConfigDir under Linux and I see that it returns GetHomeDir + ApplicationName (when Global = false). Shouldn't it rather return GetHomeDir + '.' + ApplicationName ? Config directories in user's home dir traditionally start with '.' to be somewhat hidden. I

Re: [fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir under Unices

2005-11-03 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Michalis Kamburelis wrote: Hi I just tested SysUtils.GetAppConfigDir under Linux and I see that it returns GetHomeDir + ApplicationName (when Global = false). Shouldn't it rather return GetHomeDir + '.' + ApplicationName ? Config directories in user's home dir