On 9 Oct 2017, at 10:10, Christophe Demarey <Christophe.Demarey@inria.fr> wrote:
Hi Peter,
Le 6 oct. 2017 à 21:13, Peter Uhnák <i.uhnak@gmail.com <mailto:i.uhnak@gmail.com>> a écrit :
+1.0.1 :-)
Pharo Launcher files (images, VMs) are now considered as user Documents (easier to find). Consequently, they are now stored in the standard documents folder, i.e. $HOME/Pharo
This seems like a step backwards. The expected location is $XDG_DATA_HOME/Pharo . Is it possible to change or configure this?
why a step backwards? Pharo images are not *data* in the sense is intended for XDG_DATA_HOME. In practice, an image is more like a document Pharo can read⦠data files are configurations, etc. an app needs to work properly in the local environment. Pharo images instead, are modifiable/editable/whatever euphemism you want⦠thatâs why we considered more like VMWare considers their Virtual Machines, then they belong to some place in the home directory that is of easy access.
We decide to consider Pharo Launcher files (virtual machines, images) as user documents. Thatâs why we changed the location of these files on all platforms. $XDG_DATA_HOME/Pharo is not a document location on linux and there is no standard Documents location. Thatâs why we ended to put Pharo Launcher files in a Pharo folder in the HOME directory.
yeah, this.
Maybe it is not the best choice.
I like that choice :)
If we can find an agreement on the best Pharo Launcher documents location on Linux, it can be changed.
You can already configure where you want to store Pharo Launcher images and vms (2 different settings).
yeah⦠you can always customise your own working set. Esteban
Christophe