Hi denis

I like it!.

Stef

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Denis Kudriashov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Many times I was trying to find "global" files of some packages in system.
>
> For example do you know how to find epicea session logs?
> There is class side method for this at EpMonitor:
>
> EpMonitor logsDirectory
>
> Is it easy to find when you never look at it? No.
>
> Do you know how to find sources file? There is message in Smalltalk global:
>
> Smalltalk sourcesFile
>
> Is it easy to find? No.
>
> And there are many other examples.
>
> But if you read about FileSystem library. You know the common place where to
> find well known files. It is FileLocator.
> For example changes file is here:
>
> FileLocator changes.
>
> So my idea is to introduce kind of pattern, the good style, how to access
> global application files: they should be in FileLocator as extensions.
> Then it would be super easy to find files of any applications.
>
> What do you think?
>
> If it is good idea then we should fix current places in system to follow
> this pattern.
>
> Best regards,
> Denis

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