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An (easier) alternative is to set the environment variable FREECAD_USER_DATA to point to the requested directory. |
An (easier) alternative is to set the environment variable FREECAD_USER_DATA to point to the requested directory. |
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The suggestion to set $HOME doesn't work. It does not even work under Linux because internally we don't check what's set to HOME but use some system specific API function instead. |
The suggestion to set $HOME doesn't work. It does not even work under Linux because internally we don't check what's set to HOME but use some system specific API function instead. |
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: This is mentioned on [[https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Download#Notes_for_GNU.2FLinux_users Download (Notes for GNU/Linux users)]], I wasn't sure if it would be better to put it in [[Start up and Configuration]] or on the Download page which already has a section for a portable Windows version. I believe the behaviour should be changed to adhere to the established standards on Linux ({{incode|$XDG_…}} variables and {{incode|$HOME}} and the {{incode|.config}}, {{incode|.cache}}, {{incode|.local/share}} folders), which could then be documented. I have drafted a list of points that would need changing at [[User:Suzanne.soy/Data_storage:_RFC]], please feel free to add some comments there. [[User:Suzanne.soy|Suzanne Soy]] ([[User talk:Suzanne.soy|talk]]) 05:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC) |
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Related forum posts
- This has to be documented [1]
An (easier) alternative is to set the environment variable FREECAD_USER_DATA to point to the requested directory. The suggestion to set $HOME doesn't work. It does not even work under Linux because internally we don't check what's set to HOME but use some system specific API function instead.
- This is mentioned on [Download (Notes for GNU/Linux users)], I wasn't sure if it would be better to put it in Start up and Configuration or on the Download page which already has a section for a portable Windows version. I believe the behaviour should be changed to adhere to the established standards on Linux (
$XDG_…
variables and$HOME
and the.config
,.cache
,.local/share
folders), which could then be documented. I have drafted a list of points that would need changing at User:Suzanne.soy/Data_storage:_RFC, please feel free to add some comments there. Suzanne Soy (talk) 05:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)