> On 9 Oct 2017, at 10:10, Christophe Demarey <christophe.dema...@inria.fr> > wrote: > > Hi Peter, > >> Le 6 oct. 2017 à 21:13, Peter Uhnák <i.uh...@gmail.com >> <mailto:i.uh...@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… that’s 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. That’s 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. That’s 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
