Re: [ jEdit-users ] jEdit lost "settings" directory location

[Matthieu C. <cho...@gm...>]

2012/1/9 Alan Ezust <ala...@gm...>

> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:31 AM, Matthieu Casanova <cho...@gm...>wrote:
>
>> The problem is that on Windows most software I use do not store in that
>> location.
>> And with Microsoft this location changes at every OS : Appdata/Roaming do
>> not exist on Windows XP. Are we sure that it still exists with Windows 8 ?
>>
>
> What does that matter? %APPDATA% exists, and we are not using /Roaming
> unless %APPDATA% points to it.
>
>
>> For me it is the folder that I always forget to backup when reinstalling
>> my system because it never contains anything really useful.
>>
>
> What is interesting is that %APPDATA% is often hidden so you can't see it
> unless you go there directly.
> While ".jedit" is not hidden by the operating system so it is easier to
> find.
>
>
>>  Did someone text this new location with Windows XP ?
>>
>
> Test? %APPDATA% is defined on that OS if that is what you are concerned
> about.
> On the system I am looking at it's defined to be
> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data
>
>
>
>> If you really want to keep that folder I think a migration system should
>> be written otherwise
>>
> 100% of our users will loose their settings and most of them will be very
>> angry.
>>
>
> I am using the same migration code that was used for MacOS.
>
> I don't understand what code it is.
What I mean is that I had jEdit working fine, I upgraded to the latest
trunk and got a jEdit without any settings because of course my old .jedit
folder was ignored.
Don't you think that it would be a good idea to move those files to
%APPDATA% so upgrade would be transparent for the users ?

Matthieu