[Scummvm-devel] different default savepath for *nix

[Max Horn]

Am 17.04.2004 um 11:53 schrieb Jonathan Gray:

> Does anyone have any objections to the savepath changing from the
> current directory to the following if none is specified?
>
> I was thinking ~/Library/ScummVM/ for Mac OS X and ~/.scummvm/ for
> everything else that has $HOME defined.
>
> Of course this behaviour would only happen if the user hasn't specified
> a savepath.
>
> Thoughts?

For Max OS X, ~/Library/ScummVM/ would be wrong, correct would be 
~/Library/Preferences/ScummVM. Just because Apple isn't following its 
own conventions and added a ~/Library/Safari/ (which should be 
~/Library/Preferences/Safari/) and ~/Library/iTunes/ (which should have 
been ~/Library/Application Support/iTunes/), we shouldn't fall for the 
same mistake. :-)

Is there any reason for the above locations outside the CWD, besides 
making ScummVM working out-of-the box on read-only volumes?

As for dealing with ScummVM on read-only volumes, I think changing the 
default savepath as suggested above is just the lazy & easy workaround. 
Why not rather have ScummVM check, when it is being started, whether 
the active savepath (whatever it is), is writable. If not, pop up a 
dialog to the user, tell 'em about it, and let them choose another 
location, which is then stored in the config file. Presto, problem 
solved. The user then even can decide to quit ScummVM instead of 
changing that location, in order to copy ScummVM to another place...


Bye,

Max