working towards Subsurface 2.0

[Linus Torvalds]

I'd much prefer a folder, rather than putting the xml file directly in the
home directory.

In fact, I'd even suggest that within the folder we not just default to
"dives.xml" or anything like that, but maybe get the user name, and make it
be

   $HOME/subsurface/torvalds.xml

Or something. Why? We already have a shared git repository with Dirk, so
that we can look at each others dives, and having separate names by default
would just make things like that easier..

      Linus
On Sep 9, 2012 8:44 AM, "Lubomir I. Ivanov" <neolit123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 September 2012 18:11, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 9, 2012, at 3:30 AM, Lubomir I. Ivanov wrote:
> >
> >> i think long term planning will really suggest having a
> >> "~/.subsurface" folder if more than one files have to be wirtten/used
> >> eventually.
> >
> > No, dot-folders are for configuration files. I know that some software
> breaks that rule, but I dislike that.
> > And funnily enough, Subsurface already uses a dot-folder. Under Linux
> the config file is in
> > .gconf/apps/susurface/%gconf.xml
> >
>
> perhaps it should still go into a folder. if there are plans for other
> files to be located in $HOME then $HOME/subsurface seems much more
> reasonable.
>
> >> but somehow i'm missing the point of this feature...
> >> so basically it will ask the user to save file on exit, but save it to
> >> this default file location regardless ?
> >
> > No. The file is supposed to be used as default file if the user simply
> starts subsurface without a filename (think starting it from a desktop).
> >
>
> ah, i see.
>
> >> wouldn't storing a pointer to the last openened file (if exists) in
> >> the configuration be a more elegant solution via a settings checkbox ?
> >> this gives the user better control, since _he_ is the one who created
> >> the file and not the application automatically.
> >
> > That is an option we could think about.
>
> i think the two clash though, so if both options are implemented there
> has to be a radio group in the settings:
>
> [*] load default log
>  *  load last opened log
>
> lubomir
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