Op dinsdag 29 januari 2019 17:38:54 CET schreef John Ralls: > > On Jan 29, 2019, at 8:24 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > > wrote:> > > Op dinsdag 29 januari 2019 17:19:59 CET schreef John Ralls: > >>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 8:03 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > >>> wrote:> > >>> > >>> Op dinsdag 29 januari 2019 15:28:01 CET schreef Adrien Monteleone: > >>>>> I'm curious: what are the names of the two directories that were > >>>>> created > >>>>> ? > >>>>> Or in other words, how are those names decided on MacOS ? > >>>>> > >>>>> As far as I know on linux and Windows the names are hardcoded to use > >>>>> the > >>>>> compile time application name unless overridden by setting > >>>>> GNC_DATA_DIR > >>>>> and > >>>>> GNC_CONFIG_DIR environment variables. The latter (GNC_CONFIG_DIR) is > >>>>> only > >>>>> introduces in GnuCash 3.4. > >>>>> > >>>>> Geert > >>>> > >>>> The names matched the app name. (not including the .app extension of > >>>> course)> > >>> > >>> App name as in "GnuCash" and "GnuCash-2" as in your earlier example ? > >>> That's interesting but puzzling as I don't see anything in the code that > >>> would make that happen. The default directory is hardcoded to GnuCash as > >>> of gnucash 3.x. > >>> > >>> Perhaps John does some magic to change this in the MacOS integration > >>> repo. > >> > >> Nope, and as far as MacOS is concerned the "App Name" which appears at > >> the > >> left side of the menu bar and in Activity Monitor is "Gnucash", the name > >> of > >> the executable in Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS that's named in > >> Gnucash.app/Contents/Info.plist. The filename of the bundle (i.e. > >> Gnucash.app or whatever the user might rename it to) doesn't matter to > >> anything except the file system. > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > > > > Ok, that's how I understood as well. So I can only assume the two > > application data directories are "GnuCash" and "Gnucash" (different > > capitalization of the letter "C"). > > > > For 2.6 this directory was called "Gnucash" and in the 3.x series I > > renamed it to "GnuCash". That was under the belief that MacOS' file > > system was still case-insensitive/case-preserving so it would be an > > innocent no-op for most users. IIRC you recently told me it no longer is > > so this will affect people migrating to a more recent gnucash version. > > It's still true by default. Users have always had the option of making HFS+ > and APFS filesystems case-sensitive at creation (i.e. format), but few do. > > Regards, > John Ralls
Ok, I'll try to remember this time... Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
