xnview.ini is stored in wrong place

[Biscuit]

The freedesktop.org specification states, and most programs follow it, that user configuration files should be stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME and if that is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config should be used. XnViewMP stores xnview.ini in $HOME/.xnviewmp
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedi ... atest.html

[schultzter]

I agree, it would be better to follow standards.

I also noticed that if I try to set the Use .ini file in folder folder to Program (XnView) it doesn't actually change the location of the .ini file. Which makes sense because the program location on Linux is read-only to normal users (/usr/bin).

A simple solution would be to disable this setting on Linux.

[xnview]

See Issue 691 for current status and details.

[Biscuit]

Thank you for the fix.

[Biscuit]

I'm testing 0.78. Now the settings are stored generally in the right place, in

Code: Select all

~/.config/

but the name of the folder is wrong. 0.78 stores settings in a folder named

Code: Select all

.xnviewmp

The xnviewmp folder should not have a period in the front because in Linux that means that the folder is hidden, and a settings folder should not be hidden.

To fix it: have XnView MP store settings in

Code: Select all

~/.config/xnview/

[wwp]

Right, subdirs (config dirs) under $HOME/.config or any directories that follows XDG rules shouldn't be hidden (starting with a dot '.'). The previous use in GNU/Linux world was to store config dirs as hidden one at the root of $HOME, though, but it's a different and outdated scheme.
Same, picking '.config' as a hardcoded value might be dangerous.

[xnview]

See Issue 811 for current status and details.

[helmut]

The problem (wrong name) is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 0.79 or later. Could you please try and confirm the bug fix, Biscuit or wwp?

[Biscuit]

I confirm that XnView MP 0.84 stores the INI file in the correct place -

Code: Select all

~/.config/xnviewmp/xnview.ini

[helmut]

I confirm that XnView MP 0.84 stores the INI file in the correct place -

Code: Select all

~/.config/xnviewmp/xnview.ini

Thank you for confirming, Biscuit!

Closed