<html><body><div><br><br>On 02 Aug, 2010,at 01:00 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk> wrote:<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="_stretch">
> The only apple one that is actually used is the .CFUserTextEncoding <br>
> file, I have an .Xcode in my home as well but that is empty and last <br>
> updated in 2007. AFAIK current versions of Xcode store preferences in <br>
> ~/Library/Preferences. Most of the other ones are ports of unix tools <br>
> and store junk in the standard unix location for storing <br>
> configuration. Try edit one without resorting to the command-line<br>
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The configuration files we are discussing are for command line tools - <br>
so I don't think that having to resort to the command line is a <br>
disadvantage at all. If users don't / can't use the command line then <br>
they *won't* want to edit these files anyway.</div></div></blockquote><span> </span></div><div>Not being comfortable at the command-line is not the same as not wanting to edit the global configuration of unittest or distutils.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, does that mean that the configuration should move if I create a patch for IDLE that allows you the manage the unittest configuration through a GUI?</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="_stretch">
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If they are used to the command line then ~/.python32/distutils.cfg is <br>
going to be a very natural place for them.</div></div></blockquote><span> </span></div><div>That location isn't natural for me. If we invent a new location for python-related configuration file we might as well do it properly and follow platform conventions.</div><div><br></div><div>The MacOSX conventions are described here <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/BPFileSystem.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000185-SW1>.</div><div><br></div><div>Macosx-is-not-a-crappy-linux-ly yours,</div><div><br></div><div> Ronald</div></body></html>