[Python-Dev] proto-pep: plugin proposal (for unittest)

[Michael Foord]

On 02/08/2010 14:34, Ronald Oussoren wrote:
>
>
> On 02 Aug, 2010,at 01:00 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> 
> wrote:
>
>> > The only apple one that is actually used is the .CFUserTextEncoding
>> > file, I have an .Xcode in my home as well but that is empty and last
>> > updated in 2007. AFAIK current versions of Xcode store preferences in
>> > ~/Library/Preferences. Most of the other ones are ports of unix tools
>> > and store junk in the standard unix location for storing
>> > configuration. Try edit one without resorting to the command-line
>>
>> The configuration files we are discussing are for command line tools -
>> so I don't think that having to resort to the command line is a
>> disadvantage at all. If users don't / can't use the command line then
>> they *won't* want to edit these files anyway.
> Not being comfortable at the command-line is not the same as not 
> wanting to edit the global configuration of unittest or distutils.
>
> 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?
>
Nope, as I doubt for *most* users it will be the primary way of editing 
the file.

>>
>> If they are used to the command line then ~/.python32/distutils.cfg is
>> going to be a very natural place for them.
> 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.
>

But you yourself said that it *isn't* normal to have files we expect the 
user to edit in the location you suggested - and a glance on my system 
is that use ~/.app files is a *very* common convention on the Mac.


Michael
> The MacOSX conventions are described here 
> <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/BPFileSystem.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000185-SW1>.
>
> Macosx-is-not-a-crappy-linux-ly yours,
>
>   Ronald


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