Re: [AD] Data file directory

[salvador <salvador@xxxxxxxxxx>]

George Foot wrote:

> Under Linux, or Unix in general, it's not normal for
> applications to work in that way.  Unless a binary's directory
> is in the search path, you must specify the path even if it's
> the current directory (just `./').  Most applications install
> their binaries into directories in the search path, and have
> their data files in places like /usr[/local]/share/progname.
> Data files that might need writing (high score tables, for
> example) go in /var/... instead.

Don't forget /var/ is for global data, personal settings should be in
~/.FILE_NAME.
I know all of this is a mess, my editor have functions like the ones you
propose, they are a little bit complex to use.

SET

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