On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Terry Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
And, according to convention on *nix AFAICT Especially now that Leo has shadow files, I think people will be unsurprised to see Leo config and private in company like: ls -a .leo .bzr .svn .vim .cvs > > Cheers -Terry > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
