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authorJohannes Schickel2016-01-29 19:56:20 +0100
committerJohannes Schickel2016-02-02 09:16:40 +0100
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POSIX: Move default config file location to '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/scummvm/scummvm.ini'.
This is what the XDG Base Directory Specification suggests to use. We still use the old location of '~/.scummvmrc' in case that is present. This tackles an aspect of bug #6036 "POSIX: Use XDG dirs instead of HOME".
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@@ -2329,7 +2329,15 @@ By default, the configuration file is saved in, and loaded from:
previous default location of '<windir>\scummvm.ini' will be kept.
Unix:
- ~/.scummvmrc
+ We follow the XDG Base Directory Specification. This means our
+ configuration can be found in:
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/scummvm/scummvm.ini
+
+ If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not defined or empty, '~/.config' will be used
+ as value for XDG_CONFIG_HOME in accordance with the specification.
+
+ If an earlier version of ScummVM was installed on your system, the
+ previous default location of '~/.scummvmrc' will be kept.
Mac OS X:
~/Library/Preferences/ScummVM Preferences