This allows users to set their own, possibly more persistent temporary
directory. If the parameter is blank (default), the argument is set to
None, which is the default for tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile.
Storing temporary files somewhere other than tmp is slightly safer in
cases if, say, the computer shuts down abnormally and a note is saved
but the editor is still open (before this change, the note's content
would be lost since the tmp directory is wiped on restart).
samuelallan72
commented
6 years ago
This allows users to set their own, possibly more persistent temporary directory. If the parameter is blank (default), the argument is set to
None, which is the default fortempfile.NamedTemporaryFile.Storing temporary files somewhere other than
tmpis slightly safer in cases if, say, the computer shuts down abnormally and a note is saved but the editor is still open (before this change, the note's content would be lost since thetmpdirectory is wiped on restart).