[Bf-committers] Patch [20303] to implement updated config files names & paths

Charles Wardlaw cwardlaw at marchentertainment.com
Wed Dec 9 15:18:44 CET 2009


That's brilliant, Damien!


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Damien Plisson <damien.plisson at yahoo.fr>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've added a patch (# 20303) to the tracker
>
> https://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=20303&group_id=9&atid=127
>
> to implement the updated config files names & paths as stated in the
> "Resource file paths" proposal :
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/Blender2.5/ResourceFilePaths
>
>
> It makes the config files reside in the OS standard path (given by the
> function BLI_getconfig_folder()):
> OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/Blender
> Linux: ~/.blender
> Windows: ...\Application Data\Blender Foundation\Blender
>
> The config files are renamed as stated in the proposal to more readable
> names:
> .B25.blend, .Bfs, .Blog => startup.blend, bookmarks, file-history
> The .thumbnails cache that was stored in the home dir is also stored in
> this standard folder, with the thumbnails name.
>
> It should work on all platforms, but I've been able to test it only on OSX.
> So review from coders using linux &
> windows is welcome!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Damien
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