On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, Dave wrote: >I'm doing a small application and want to add user preferences. Did some >googling to see if there are standard Python ways/tools, but it seems not so >much. My specific questions are: > >1. Best practices for a user preference file/system?
Generally I put them in the user's $HOME or $HOME/etc directory with appropriate permissions unless working in a virtual environement. >2. File format favored and why - ini, JSON, etc? I like ini for most user configuration files as the format is simple, easy to read, and handled nicely with the ConfigParser libraries. >3. File location? I'm using Ubuntu and I believe that the correct location >would be home/.config/<app-name> . What about Mac and Windows? See above. Same for Mac. I don't do Windows. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www2.celestial.com/ 6641 E. Mercer Way Mobile: (206) 947-5591 PO Box 820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. -- Cicero - 55 BC -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
