On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
"Edward K. Ream" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> 1) will just cause more confusion, and 2) just delays the "day of
> transition" to a time when we've all forgotten the issues
> involved :-)  Imo, the thing to do is simply to make the transition
> *now*, and get the pain over with. Leo can, without confusion, warn
> that it is ignoring $HOME/.myLeoSettings.leo.

Apart from the fact you meant "$HOME/myLeoSettings.leo" :) I (the
source of (1) and (2)) agree - better to just insist on the correct
location and yell at the user, than to allow either.

> 3. (controversial?) The present code creates myLeoSettings.leo if it
> doesn't exist. I don't like it, and it has already created
> installation problems. This should be an option, but it can't be an
> option because creating myLeoSettings.leo happens too early.

Creating config files in a users home dir if not present is very common
practice, I've never really seen it cause problems.  It amuses me that
I have config for apps I haven't used for 10-12 years, while Windows
struggles to get your settings through a single upgrade without losing
them :-)

> So I'm going to take out this code. A create-my-leo-settings-leo
> command might be helpful...

I didn't see the installation problem, but I can't imagine why creating
if not present doesn't work for leo when it works for so many other
apps.  However if you are going to stop doing that, then I think the
menu command "edit settings" should create it (if needed), then edit it.

> So much for configuration settings, per se.

What about the so called CWD/myLeoSettings.leo, I assume that moves to
CWD/.leo/myLeoSettings.leo?  Along with CWD/.leo/shadow I think that
would be tidiest.

Cheers -Terry

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