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Reconsider location of local.simal.properties? #390

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The location where this file is sought is user.home, meaning something like 
"C:\Documents and Settings\username\local.simal.properties" on XP, and 
~username/local.simal.properties on linux. This is kind of an annoying place to 
look for the file, as the location depends on the user running it, and 
"C:\Documents and Settings" is quite inconvenient to access. 

Intuitively, I would just copy default.simal.properties to 
local.simal.properties in the same directory - but no.

A service like this does not strike me as a "per user" service, but rather "per 
system". Is it really likely that more than one user would want to run Simal 
from the same directory, with different, personal settings?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Stevage on 21 Feb 2011 at 6:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
You seem to be mistaken.

Properties are looked for in $SIMAL_HOME before being looked for in user home. 
It only looks in the user home if no properties are found in $SIMAL_HOME

Original comment by ross.gardler on 21 Feb 2011 at 1:00