On 05/30/2018 05:28 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > It looks like it works as intended, but I don't think the naming is that > good. Maybe it might be better to call it KICAD_RUNTIME_DIR analogous to > XDG terminology used elsewhere and nearby... > > If it is called KICAD_CACHE_HOME one would think that this would control > the location of the 3d cache too, which is really inside the config dir. > > So if is renamed to KICAD_RUNTIME_DIR might be better. But it is a bit > strange that XDG_CACHE_HOME is caught in the lockfile management too.
KICAD_CACHE_HOME seems consistent with XDG_CACHE_HOME for lock files. I don't have a strong preference but for users familiar with XDG environment variables, it may be more consistent than user KICAD_RUNTIME_DIR. > > 2018-05-14 23:39 GMT+02:00 Mike Wodarczyk <wodarczykm...@gmail.com > <mailto:wodarczykm...@gmail.com>>: > > On 08.05.2018 02:57, Mike Wodarczyk wrote: > > Attached is a patch to use a new KICAD_CACHE_HOME environment > variable to set a custom path for the lockfiles on all > platforms. It's tested under Windows and works as expected. > > Oops attached the wrong file. This is the compiling patch. Sorry for > the inconvience :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp