[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #13614: RISC OS Scumm 2.6.0 abuses user choices

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#13614: RISC OS Scumm 2.6.0 abuses user choices
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Reporter:  gerph   |      Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal  |  Component:  --Unset--
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 Hiya,

 The 2.6.0 stable version of ScummVM abuses the Choices directory for its
 debug output.

 The line in question is in `!ScummVM.!Run`:

 ```
 Set Alias$Run_ScummVM Run <Obey$Dir>.scummvm %%*0
 ><Choices$Write>.ScummVM.stdout 2><Choices$Write>.ScummVM.stderr
 ```

 Choices should be used for configuration information, not for diagnostics.
 If you have diagnostics you should write them to Scrap$Dir at the very
 least. Using `<Choices$Write>` would be akin to writing to
 `/etc/scummvm/stderr` on a unix system, or possibly
 `$XDG_CONFIG/ScummVM/stderr` which hopefully you can see makes the
 decision to use `Choices$Write` clearly wrong.
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