>> the dir name will hide the dir. >> If you need writable temporary directory i also suggest you to use the >> /tmp >> system dir >> > > This is one area I am not conversant with. > Someone has to tweak location paths in hbIDE overall structure. > It is pity that you are restricted in so many ways in Linux. > > So what I feel is better to propogate Harbour installation including hbIDE.
It won't solve the problem, since Harbour itself can also be installed into system dirs, where you cannot just store volatile configuration data as well. Actually this is not a Linux "thing", in most modern operating systems they tend to store programs and configuration data in separate areas, and this has several benefits. F.e. you can handle per user settings seamlessly. This is important on any systems which is used by more than one user, not to mention terminal servers. So the direction is to store data into '$HOME/.hbide/' on *nix and to store such data in '%APPDATA%\hbide\' dir on Windows systems. Of course it's always a good thing to allow for "portable" installation (f.e. on USB drives), where app and data resides in the same directory structure, and currently this is exactly what hbide support. The problem is that's the only method it supports. Brgds, Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
