Hi Thomas, I updated the FAQ in the Wiki as per your guidance. Thanks to all the developers for the great application and thank you especially for the great support! -Larry ________________________________ From: Thomas Perl <m@xxxxxx> To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 9:48 AM Subject: [gpodder] Re: Question re: Changing default Download Folder - FAQ info correct? Hi Larry, On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 06:28:53AM -0800, First Last wrote: > I'll will try to update the Wiki today. I will mention that the > functionality will be available on Windows in the (upcoming) gPodder > 3.1 release. Should I include the work-around in the FAQ or document > the workaround in a bug report and refer to that from the FAQ? Yes, mention that the functionality will be in gPodder >= 3.1.0 and for the "workaround" (it's rather a normal feature that's not very user friendly and well hidden ;) you can also document this. The GPODDER_HOME environment variable is actually universal for all platforms, and it's documented in the README file. As people might not start looking there, it might make sense to add a pointer/hint in the FAQs as well :) Thanks, Thomas > ________________________________ > From: Thomas Perl <m@xxxxxx> > To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:37 PM > Subject: [gpodder] Re: Question re: Changing default Download Folder - FAQ > info correct? > > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 07:15:54PM -0800, First Last wrote: > > I would like to change the default Download Folder, it is defaulting > > to C:\Documents and Settings\$USER\My Documents\gPodder\. According > > to the FAQ in the Wiki, this is not currently supported in the Windows > > version, but the FAQ refers to a work-around described in Bug 1129. I > > could not implement the work-around as it refers to files and > > directories that do not exist in my installation > > (\lib\site-packages\gpodder\launcher.py). > > > > If there is an alternative/updated work-around I would be glad to give > > it a try. If I need to modify the Windows registry I'm comfortable > > with that. > > You can set the GPODDER_HOME environment variable (if you're comfortable > with modifying the registry, setting environment variables should also > not be a problem - if in doubt, Google it). The GPODDER_HOME environment > variable tells gPodder where to look for its data folder (database + > settings + downloads). > > For the upcoming version (3.1), I've already implemented a nicer way of > download directory selection: gPodder will ask you where to store your > downloads, and you can also later change it through the registry (or by > moving the folder, which makes gPodder re-ask the question). The > environment variable GPODDER_HOME will still be honored and prefered in > this case. > > You can update this in the Wiki (for version 3.1 and onwards, which > hasn't been released yet, but hopefully soon). > > HTH :) > Thomas