Hi! On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:33 AM stormy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Hi, > >Do you have any link for developers so that we know where to look for > >regarding this SWAP settings? > > I'm not sure what you mean by "link", the "SWAP Folder" is a GIMP feature, > it is > located in EDIT->Preferences, then scroll down to FOLDERS, there are two > options > one "Temporary folder" and other is "Swap folder". > > Oh sorry. I thought this was some OS settings where you could configure where programs should cache their data by default. Anyway I opened a bug report on our side: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/2224 Jehan > >Does it go to one or the other? I'm sure it does the right thing, but > >I > >doubt that it randomly use one folder or another at different runs, > >right? > > It never went to the location I set in the actual preferences dialog, > instead it > went into one or the other locations , that depended on the > cleanup/reinstall > sequence i took (did this many times), but once it chose a location , it > kept > using it for the duration of that install cycle.. if i were to cleanup and > reinstall, it might choose the other location, but, never the one > specified in > the prefs. > > > >special case the cache directory for this OS. If you tell us more > >about > >this SWAP settings on Windows (and in particular what we have to look > >for? > > I'm talking about GIMP's internal swap, not windows swap. I'm just an > end-user, > do not know how gimp uses this 'swap' :) > > >Is there an API to know this folder? An env variable), this would > >help. > > Maybe there is an env var, I just used the GUI interface to try and > relocate the > swap to a drive with more space. > > >Also what is the proper default cache folder expected on Windows if > >none > >were explicitly set? > > I guess this is OK: > > c:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\gegl-0.4 > > as for a default, or leave it like today, to choose based on some other > window's > specific logic. > > >Please when you answer, mention me explicitly (I have filters) so that > >I > >don't miss your answer. > >Thanks. > > > >Jehan > > hopefully you see this Jehan :) > > -- > stormy (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: [email protected] > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > -- ZeMarmot open animation film http://film.zemarmot.net Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
