Does that include saving paths the user might have entered?

I think the easiest spot for errors to crop up would be when you store a 
path in a config file and don't bother to check if it begins with $HOME 
and convert it back to a relative reference.

On 12-12-01 11:33 AM, PCMan wrote:
> If you're talking about the core components, the answer is none.
> We always get home dir on the fly and avoid hard-coded paths.
>
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 9:40 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am curious how much the setting management in LXDE is dependent
>> on the $HOME path being "constant".
>>
>> >From the experience I know that certain applications are obstinate
>> to store absolute paths to objects to be found under $HOME - which of
>> course breaks if the home changes and moves all such objects to the new
>> corresponding paths.
>>
>> Wonder whether or how much the different parts of LXDE are subject to such
>> a design mistake?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rune
>>
>>
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