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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 October 2011 09:38, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 09:02:09AM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 24 Oct 2011, at 08:25, noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > revno: 6372
>> > committer: Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > branch nick: work
>> > timestamp: Mon 2011-10-24 09:23:52 +0200
>> > message:
>> >  Change search path of parameter file to ~/.fenics/dolfin_parameters.xml
>>
>>
>> Is this platform independent?
>
> Yes, at least as far as this is working:
>
> #ifdef _WIN32
>  std::string home_directory(std::getenv("USERPROFILE"));
>  parameter_files.push_back(home_directory + "\\.fenics\\dolfin_parameters.xml");
>  parameter_files.push_back(home_directory + "\\.fenics\\dolfin_parameters.xml.gz");
> #else
>  std::string home_directory(std::getenv("HOME"));
>  parameter_files.push_back(home_directory + "/.fenics/dolfin_parameters.xml");
>  parameter_files.push_back(home_directory + "/.fenics/dolfin_parameters.xml.gz");
> #endif
>
>> I would suggest using
>>
>>   ~/.local/fenics
>
> What is ~/.local? It doesn't seem to be a standard place to store
> config files. Another option is ~/.config which seems to be populated
> with config files from quite a few applications.
>

Yes, .config would be better.

I find programs that fill $HOME with hidden files and directories annoying.

Garth

> --
> Anders
>
>
>> Garth
>>
>> > modified:
>> >  ChangeLog
>> >  dolfin/parameter/GlobalParameters.cpp
>> >
>> >
>>
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