Hi, I think this is a great idea.
Since Shoes with the Mac laces is now Cocoa based, _why automatically get's access to a user preferences object which will take care of serializing the preferences to disk, and also of user based security, it would just be a case of exposing this to Shoes. Not so sure what available on the other platforms. -Mic 2008/7/3 Bluebie, Jenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Applications sometimes want to save a little tidbit of information. A little > customization perhaps, highscores why not?. Lets have a 'cookies' hash? When > the shoes app is closed, the cookie hash is marshaled, maybe in to yaml, and > stored in a file, in wherever the appropriate place is on that platform... > ~/.shoes/appname perhaps on unixes, ~/Library/Preferences perhaps on Mac OS, > and I guess Documents and Settings sounds like the kind of place where you > put that stuff in windows... It would of course reload in to the hash when > the app is reopened. Can I get a yay or neigh on the idea? > Sure, we could use an sqlite db.. but that's so boring and more importantly, > annoying if all you want to do is remember some little bit of information. > Remembering stuff shouldn't require CREATE TABLE to be done in advanced, and > sql db's suck for heirachiel structures (like the kind ruby and shoes are > full of) > Final thought: On Mac Shoes, it'd be rather cool to store the settings in a > resource fork, but given the trouble this would cause with running apps off > FAT external drives and the dangers of potentially sharing a shoes app with > someone, unknowing of the attached personal settings, so I guess it's not > such a cool idea in the real world.. oh well.
