app.yml page in the wiki does not appear to be current

[macMikey]

For example, the application data folder key is not the way it is shown in the app.yml folder.

As an aside, it might be nice if there were defaults included or at least discussed for some of these. For example, if the user does not specify an application data folder for a platform, why not set it to the application data folder root for that platform + the name of the app?

e.g. I'm working on an app called "timeserver" If I don't specify an application data folder, then on a Mac, the path could be, by default, ~/Library/Application Support/timeserver

[trevordevore]

Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the app.yml page with the correct syntax.

Perhaps @spencerlearning can add some examples?

Regarding automatic handling of the folder name - we could probably come up with a reasonable approach to this but I'm not sure I want to tackle that right now. I'm inclined to require developers to explicitly state where they want their application files stored for the time being.

[macMikey]

One thing on the new wiki entry - relative path for default - are slashes on front or back good or bad? I'm assuming bad, but it isn't spelled out.

ALSO, the second line of the note lined up with the macos key, which is probably not what you wanted.

[trevordevore]

Internally the framework normalizes paths so that there are no leading slashes.

[macMikey]

See second comment - the second line of the comment lines up with the macos key - it should probably be above it

[macMikey]

ok, but what about a trailing slash?

[trevordevore]

Sorry, meant to say "trailing slashes" are stripped off. If you put a leading slash on then you are referencing the root of the volume. You don't want to do that :-)