Thread: Sigil v0.1.6
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Old 01-26-2010, 02:24 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by weedfreak View Post
The other points I raised, and they are minor points, were something that might be considered in order to bring Sigil into line with other programs. Menu entries in desktop files are important while the naming of config folders is not so important but every other folder in .config has the name of the program Sigil stands out as being odd.
Again, I merely give Qt the "publisher" name and it creates the folders, config files, registry keys etc (depending on the operating system and even on the specific computer configuration). I didn't pick the folder name, in fact the folder doesn't even exist on Windows systems. I also said that legal reasons determine what the "publisher" name should be.

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I almost got very upset by the comment about not messing with files in config, it is my computer and I reserve the right to do what I want and not what someone else thinks I should.
Of course you can do what you want on your computer. Did I at any point said you couldn't? I merely wanted to state that those files are not meant to be user-friendly or user-editable. In fact, the user is not supposed to see them at all. Editing them directly would be a very bad idea because you could easily break the config. Not because I think you are incompetent (which I don't), but because—again—those files are not meant to be edited by users.

You are, of course, completely free to do so. It's your system, and your Sigil installation.

If I said your car is not meant to driven on the bottom of a lake, that doesn't mean I'm telling you what you can or cannot do with your car, just that some things may not be prudent. Getting upset with "I can do what I want with my car" would be missing the point: drive your car into a lake if you want to. It's just that I suggest against doing that, and so does your car manufacturer.

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I will note however that the StrahinjaMarkovic folder does not contain a subfolder called Sigil it just contains the config file.
Ah, I mixed it up, sorry. There's a "Sigil.conf" file in there, and that should certainly identify the folder's use. Again, this is something that the Qt Framework creates and administrates.

The real Sigil config/temp folder is named ".Sigil" and located in your home directory. It's the one that I have created and the one that Sigil uses directly for whatever specific task that needs to be done.

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