Hi all,
for all of you who are using the SVN version, today (SVN r3219) we changed the default location of the configuration directory (for non-Windows systems).
Previously we used ~/.geany/ to store all Geany configuration settings. As discussed in [1] we changed this to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/geany (most often this is ~/.config/geany) to follow the XDG Base Directory specification [2].
When you start Geany the next time, it will try to move your previous configuration directory and its contents to the new location. And it will show a message dialog whether this action was successful or not. In case it succeeded (which should happen in most cases), no further action is necessary. The old directory is moved and so don't to be deleted. In case any error occurred Geany will show the error message in the message dialog and then you should either manually copy the contents of ~/.geany to ~/.config/geany and delete ~/.geany.
If there are any problems or further questions, just post here.
[1] https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=787794&aid=2166229... [2] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/index.html
Regards, Enrico
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:49:04 +0100 Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
When you start Geany the next time, it will try to move your previous configuration directory and its contents to the new location. And it will show a message dialog whether this action was successful or not.
Just a quick reply: this is currently causing me problems with the socket because I ran a 2nd instance of Geany, which updated the config dir. I'll look into it soon.
Regards, Nick
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:39 +0000 Nick Treleaven nick.treleaven@btinternet.com wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:49:04 +0100 Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
When you start Geany the next time, it will try to move your previous configuration directory and its contents to the new location. And it will show a message dialog whether this action was successful or not.
Just a quick reply: this is currently causing me problems with the socket because I ran a 2nd instance of Geany, which updated the config dir. I'll look into it soon.
Just added a prompt before the configuration directory is moved, so the user can choose to quit instead. This is useful if an older first instance is already running and you don't want to lose any changed configuration when it is eventually shut down.
In this case, the user should choose the Quit option from the 2nd instance, then quit the 1st instance and restart it, choosing Yes when asked whether to move the config dir.
Regards, Nick