Re: [Flightgear-devel] Hidden vs public files

[James T. <zak...@ma...>]

> On 6 Jan 2017, at 12:23, Joni Sch <dg...@we...> wrote:
> 
> Actually, in my oponion it would be a good idea to have the joystick config file in better accessible place, because the GUI options in the dialog are quite limited. I have edited the files for the various joysticks quite a lot and I can imagine that there are many users who want to assign a common function to a specific button/axis (e.g. move flaps with lever instead of button, rearrange bindings of the throttle quadrant for a multi-engine aircraft, assign light switches to joystick buttons, etc. etc...)
> 
> But that's just my 2 cents...

Yes agreed, there’s just a lack of consensus on what a better, user facing location might be. $HOME/Documents/FlightGear is what we’re trying on Windows, with some success and also some complaints. 

This is very easy to change at a code level, but confusing for users (and documentation) if we make several changes. We would also need to agree what files might live there - the log files certainly, I would be quite happy with joystick configurations also.

Kind regards,
James