On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 18:48, David Trowbridge wrote: > I've been working on the set-background problem, and assuming that the > normal temporary filename > (/tmp/evolution-xxxx-xxxx/evolution-tmp-xxxxx/file...) isn't appropriate
Yeah you can't use tmp, it should be $HOME relative, wherever it is.
> for permanent storage of the background image, I was wondering where to > stick it. It seems to be a good idea to store it somewhere in the home > directory, since /tmp is mounted as tmpfs on a few distributions. That > said, there seem to be a few options > > A la epiphany, it could be stored in $HOME/.gnome2/evolution/... Probably, although I suppose an image could get "lost" thefre.
Not that bad if you only set one.
Another alternative is to save it to a visible file on the desktop, based on the name in the attachment rather than a specific name. And change the name if it clashes. Or something. There was discussion elsehwere on the evolution-patches list.
FWIW David (and others), we already have 2 patches for this feature, so you may want to consider looking at something else.
Michael
