On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 7:35 PM Finn Mason <finnjavie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4. Should this also be added to pathlib? I say definitely, probably in the >> form of class constructors (e.g. Path.user_data()). >> > putting it in pathlib makes a lot of sense, but I wouldn't make them a bunch of Path classmethods -- why thot their own names, but would return Path objects? Despite "flat being better than nested" I kind of like a namespace for the standar paths" path.lib.standard_paths.user_data or some such. As for the names themselves -- prior art -- I think there were two packages on PyPi with some of this, if they are popular, let's use those names. Here's appdirs: https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs pathlib.appdirs.user_data_dir() done :-) -CHB +1 for appdirs. It's a shame that more projects don't yet use it. >>>>> >>>> >>> I agree -- I've wanted something like that for years in the stdlib. >>> >>> wxPython has wx.StandardPaths -- and it's really handy. But a wrapper >>> around a C++ version, so not useful outside of wx. >>> >>> -CHB >>> >>> >>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:03:07 AM UTC-5 Matt del Valle >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There is appdirs which does precisely what you're looking for: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://pypi.org/project/appdirs/ >>>>>> >>>>>> That said, it does seem to be a core bit of functionality that would >>>>>> be nice to have in the os and pathlib modules without needing an external >>>>>> dependency. I'm not going to weigh in on the pros/cons of adding it to >>>>>> the >>>>>> stdlib, I'll leave that to others who I'm sure will have strong opinions >>>>>> on >>>>>> the matter :) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 1:47 PM JGoutin via Python-ideas < >>>>>> python...@python.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The idea is to add 3 functions to get "config", "data" and "cache" >>>>>>> directories that are commonly used to store application files in user >>>>>>> home >>>>>>> / system. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This look very straightforward to get theses directories path, but >>>>>>> in practices it depends on many factors like OS, environnement >>>>>>> variables, >>>>>>> user or system dir. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For instance, with the "config" directory: >>>>>>> * Linux, user: os.path.join(os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", >>>>>>> os.path.expanduser("~/.config")), app_name) >>>>>>> * Linux, system: os.path.join("/etc", app_name) >>>>>>> * Windows, user: os.path.join(os.path.expandvars("%APPDATA%"), >>>>>>> app_name) >>>>>>> * Windows, system: >>>>>>> os.path.join(os.path.expandvars("%CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA%"), app_name) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For linux, the full spec is here: >>>>>>> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I see many applications that just use "~/.app_name" to not have to >>>>>>> handle theses cases. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The functions prototypes may look like and may be added to "shutil" >>>>>>> (or "os.path" ?): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> def getcachedir(app_name: str=None, system: bool=False): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> With >>>>>>> * app_name: The application name >>>>>>> * system: If the required directory is the systemd directory or user >>>>>>> direcotry. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This may also be implemented as an external library, but I am not >>>>>>> sure I would like add add a dependency to my projects "just for this". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I can implement this if people are interested with this feature. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Python-ideas mailing list -- python...@python.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to python-id...@python.org >>>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >>>>>>> Message archived at >>>>>>> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python...@python.org/message/MHEWO4U6SBDU7OU3JH4A62EWCANDM7I2/ >>>>>>> <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MHEWO4U6SBDU7OU3JH4A62EWCANDM7I2/> >>>>>>> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >>>>> Message archived at >>>>> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/IV3W2LRZ2KRYERYOYOGYWLI4TO7NXUHI/ >>>>> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) >>>> >>>> Python Language Consulting >>>> - Teaching >>>> - Scientific Software Development >>>> - Desktop GUI and Web Development >>>> - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) >>> >>> Python Language Consulting >>> - Teaching >>> - Scientific Software Development >>> - Desktop GUI and Web Development >>> - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >>> Message archived at >>> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/PNFWSYYXR5MXVXWOKEV2B26TABVZYL6A/ >>> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >>> >> -- Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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