Currently we use the %XDG_CACHE_DIR% parameter for this. If not set zim first checks the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Cache". If this key is also not found it falls back to %TMP%.
So instead of overruling %TMP% you can set %XDG_CACHE_DIR% instead. Now the question is if the %TMP% fallback makes sense - looking at other applications maybe it should be in %APPDATA% ? Any standard on the cache location for apps on windows other than that registry key ? -- Jaap On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Brendan Kidwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been having this problem for a while. Maybe since the Zim 0.60 > release, maybe longer. > > All my long-lasting notebooks have the Shared property set to True, > because I sync them via SparkleShare (formerly Dropbox) and I don't want > to sync the extra binary files Zim keeps for indexing. > > In Windows, Zim creates these binary files in "%TEMP%", while in Linux, > they are created in "~/cache/zim". > > Problem 1) When I open/create a Shared notebook for which the "cache" > files don't exist, Zim opens a tiny window with the titlebar "zim" or > "zim.exe" (depending on platform). The window should be bigger and it's > supposed to have the notebook title in the titlebar. See screenshot: > http://i.imgur.com/FtEwVAx.png > > Problem 2) Problem 1 occurs after EVERY desktop login in Windows, > because "%TEMP%" gets cleared by the system when I log out. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? > > For now, my workaround (in Windows) is to launch Zim with this script > that reassigns "%TEMP%" to a private folder which is never cleared out > by the system: > > ---- BEGIN zim-launcher.vbs > Dim Shell, Env, Args, Arg, ArgsStr > > Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > Set Env = Shell.Environment("PROCESS") > > Env("TEMP") = "C:\Work\AppData\ZimCache" > Env("TMP") = "C:\Work\AppData\ZimCache" > > Set Args = WScript.Arguments > > ArgsStr = """C:\Program Files (x86)\Zim Desktop Wiki\zim.exe"" " > For Each Arg In Args > If InStr(Arg, " ") > 0 Then > ArgsStr = ArgsStr & """" & Arg & """ " > Else > ArgsStr = ArgsStr & Arg & " " > End If > Next > > Shell.Run(Trim(ArgsStr)) > ---- END > > > Brendan Kidwell > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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