working towards Subsurface 2.0

[Henrik Brautaset Aronsen]

Den 07.09.12 15:50, skrev Dirk Hohndel:
> On Sep 7, 2012, at 6:45 AM, Henrik Brautaset Aronsen wrote:
>
>> Den 07.09.12 15:42, skrev Dirk Hohndel:
>>> On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Henrik Brautaset Aronsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> * Have one default dive.xml fault that is automatically opened on launch (and saved on exit).   It's cumbersome to always have to open the right xml after starting the app.
>>> And where in the filesystem would that file be located? It's easy enough to say "divelist.xml" is the default filename (or we can argue if subsurface.xml would be better).
>>> But at least on Linux the default folder is the much harder choice.
>> Make the user choose the first time he/she saves, and make that file location available in preferences.  The recent Save/Save As changes should support this.
> Let's say I add this feature. The next time (so the first time after this was added, or the first time a new user uses the software), if the user explicitly gives a filename, THAT becomes the default filename / location. If no filename is given, the user is asked what to use.
>
> That could work.

Perfect.  We could also suggest default file locations for platforms 
where it's natural.   For e.g. MacOSX it would be ~/Library/Application\ 
Support/Subsurface/dives.xml.

Henrik