Re: [xmlvm-users] .cache directory

[Sascha H. <sa...@gm...>]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Panayotis Katsaloulis <
pan...@pa...> wrote:

>
> On Feb 22, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Sascha Haeberling wrote:
>
> I don't think it should be in the build directory. When you start xmlvm
> e.g. from eclipse then there is no build directory. It should be created
> from wherever you run xmlvm.
>
>
> Although in general I understand the reason for being hidden, I believe
> that there should be a way to make it "visible" to the user.
> At a minimum I believe that this folder should not be hidden, so that the
> user might understand what is happening.
> If this is not elegant enough, we can make other optimizations, like
> produce in the tmp folder, or specify a target directory where all possible
> temporary/intermediate files could be stored.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
Well, it's not really hidden. It's just that some operating system or file
browsers decide to hide files and folders that start with a dot :)

I think it's fine the way it is. The purpose of this directory is that
normal XMLVM users don't have to worry about it at all. Naming it .cache is
a convention I have seen in other tools as well.

Btw, you can also switch of caching, if you want to, using the --no-cache
option with XMLVM. It can help in certain situation, e.g. if you make
changes to the style sheet. Again, a normal user doesn't need to care about
that flag at all.

// Sascha


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