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[Moses McKnight <moses@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/06/2014 09:52 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 9/5/2014 10:56 PM, Moses McKnight wrote:
> > On 09/05/2014 04:31 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > > I just committed Moses' configuration file relocation patch in r5114.
> > >
> > > On Linux the configuration files are now located in $HOME/.config/kicad
> > > per the FreeDesktop.org specification.  To preserve you current
> > > settings, you can move the kicad configuration files for your $HOME
> > > folder to the new location.  You must drop the leading . from the file
> > > name.  You must also move the fp-lib-table file.  You will have to make
> > > copies of these files if you plan on using any version of kicad prior to
> > > r5114.
> > >
> > > Sorry windows users but you will have to reconfigure KiCad.  There was
> > > no easy way to extract the registry keys into configuration files.  The
> > > configuration files on Windows will be saved in the same folder as
> > > fp-lib-table which is %APPDATA%\kicad.  You may want to clean the kicad
> > > cruft from the registry if your not going to use any versions of kicad
> > > prior to r5114.
> > >
> > > There should be no change for OSX users.
> >
> > Hi Wayne, I'm pretty sure this is not true?  I just dug through the
> > wxWidgets source, and it looks like before wxFileConfig wrote the files
> > on OSX in ~/Library/Preferences, but they now go in
> > ~/Library/Preferences/kicad.
> >
> > It appears the same was true for fp-lib-table.  As such, the patch I had
> > come up with for the library install is attached to this email.  I had
> > not sent it before because I was not certain the new config location for
> > OSX was the best place, and then kind of forgot about it.
> >
> > Thanks, Moses
>
> Thanks for the heads up.  Will someone who knows where the configuration
> files on OSX are supposed to go according to Apple's guideline please
> confirm this before I apply any more patches?

FYI, the patch I attached was just for the fp-lib-table install, the patch you 
already applied is already looking for fp-lib-table in the new location 
(~/Library/Preferences/kicad)  The patch that you sent and Carl Poirier applied 
to the kicad library repository, installs the fp-lib-table in 
~/Library/Preferences/.config/kicad instead.

I noticed that there were tabs in the patch I sent, so I've attached another one 
that should be formatted correctly.

Moses

=== modified file 'CMakeLists.txt'
--- CMakeLists.txt	2014-09-05 23:00:48 +0000
+++ CMakeLists.txt	2014-09-06 13:05:03 +0000
@@ -41,11 +41,16 @@
 
 
 if( UNIX )
-    set( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR "$ENV{HOME}/.config/kicad"
-         CACHE PATH "Location of user specifig KiCad config files" )
+    if( APPLE )
+        set( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR $ENV{HOME}/Library/Preferences/kicad
+            CACHE PATH "Location of user specifig KiCad config files" )
+    else()
+        set( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR $ENV{HOME}/.config/kicad
+            CACHE PATH "Location of user specifig KiCad config files" )
+    endif()
 elseif( MINGW )
-    set( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR "$ENV{%APPDATA%}/kicad"
-         CACHE PATH "Location of user specifig KiCad config files" )
+    set( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR $ENV{%APPDATA%}/kicad
+        CACHE PATH "Location of user specifig KiCad config files" )
 endif()
 
 mark_as_advanced( KICAD_USER_CONFIG_DIR )