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
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*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 <mailto:m@xxxxxx>>
> To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
