This matter has been long debated within Mame packagers, and has finally
been agreed that:
- configuration and runtime files and subdirectories must lie in the
hidden directory ~/.mame. The reason is that the user doesn't need to
see them though he/she may like to (e.g. to share the snapshot taken, or
the savestate files etc.)
- resource files and subdirectories must lie in the non-hidden directory
~/mame. The reason is that the user can easily place there any personal
needed file (let me stress the fact that only a limited number of roms
are legally available for free, the vast majority requires owning a
licence or the original PCB and can _not_ be distributed)
- the user can override these rules at will in a personal
~/.mame/mame.ini file, or editing /etc/mame.ini at his/her convenience
>> For resource files (roms, samples etc.) a subdirectory is more appropriate.
> I think you meant a non-hidden directory as a subdirectory could also take
> place in "$HOME/.mame".
Yes, of course. :)
I'm sorry, I should have checked twice before posting.
> If the user does show the .mame folder by default, she can as well move her
> roms
> to .mame and only have .mame in the config file.
This can be easily accomplished by copying /etc/mame in ~/.mame/ and tweaking it
> For the sake of simplicity, there should only be one ROM's path
Definitely, referring to the user personal files. In /etc/mame.ini there are
many concatenated paths to manage files distributed in the package (e.g.
artworks) and still allow usage of personal resource files of the same type.
** Changed in: mame (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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