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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 07:52:40AM +0200, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> I see no reason to keep the dot when moved to .config/kicad . I know
> that you are not really supposed to edit .eeschema by had normally.
> But I see no reason hiding it.

Once in a dot directory there is no need for the dot :D

> I am still not very keen on copying the files, that could lead to
> confusion, because then you will have two configs, where the new copy
> is the only one read by kicad. But the user still has the old config
> in its usual place. Moving might be better. But the user shall be
> informed when this happens, such that he do not think it has
> dissapeared magically or erroneously. (I have yet to try the patch)

For reference IIRC midnight commander (recently migrated to .config) did
it this way: load the old file, if the new one is not there warn the
user and save the new file. User then deletes the old at his/her leisure
(keeping compatibility with old version)

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