On Thursday 09 March 2006 04:53, Benjamin Meyer wrote: > folder. Similar to the .directory files OS X has a .localized file which > can provide a localized name for that directory.
hmm.. i wonder if they have separate files that so that translations can be updated independently of directory configurations (so as more localizations are added you don't lose directory settings)? > Unless we plan on having a desktop settings file sometime soon an > environment variable seems to be the only solution to the first problem. > Using Music as an example to find out the location an environment variable > $MUSIC_LOCATION would be checked and if it doesn't exists then it can > default to ~/Music. The environment variable can be set by the desktop > environment. Changes would of course requires a restart of applications or > even the desktop. When the day comes that we have a common settings system > the specification can be amended with it. ugh. please, for the love of god[dess], no. we'll have to support that env var forever afterwards and it will suffer all the problems we've seen in other places we've used them. =( and think about it: how does one change this from within the session? the user would have to log out and back in. bleh. -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)
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