Re: [Bug-gnubg] How to change the directory where settings saved?

[Guido Flohr]

Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 27.10.2013, 16:08 -0600 schrieb Michael Petch:
> On 2013-10-27 14:21, Philippe Michel wrote:
> > The portable version would then be started from a short script that
> > determines where it is run from, sets the environment variable
> > accordingly and launches the real executable with -s
> > %GNUBGDATA\preferences or something similar.
> 
> The idea of some form of environment variable isn't a bad one. It seems
> like it may be a reasonable idea.

Isn't that already possible by simply setting the environment variable
HOME? Under Windows, the environment variable USERPROFILE has the same
effect but HOME is always checked first, even under Windows.

Beginning with glib 2.36 those environment variables are preferred over
passwd entries.  Under Windows that was also the case for older glib
versions.  Note, however, that glib for Windows ignores the environment
variables if they point to a path that is not absolute.

Another small caveat: In order to make that work, you have to manually
create the directory that $HOME resp. $USERPROFILE points to.  The
subdirectory ".gnubg" will be created on the fly.

Guido
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