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Portablility #163

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What new or enhanced feature are you proposing?
Relative path names, creation of "maps" folder with ".googlemaps" inside,
and use of installation directory to hold downloaded maps.

What goal would this enhancement help you achieve?
Portablity across all platforms. Instead of using
"%userprofile%\.googlemaps\" (I'm on winXP) just have it use the
installation directory, so that developers and people alike don't have to
search for the maps they download.

I'm not a developer, but I believe you can make a folder "maps" and have
".googlemaps" inside that with all the other maps you may have downloaded
allowing you to take the gmapcatcher folder with you no matter where or
what OS you may wonder to!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Jolly.Anarchist@gmail.com on 7 May 2010 at 11:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
We have already have an option which allow you to change your tile's folder. 
Open
your 'setting' panel and look for it. 'Setting' panel is triggered from the 
small
icon at the left of the 'location' input box.

We choose not to use the installation directory at the beginning of the 
development
because we find that, in some OS, like Linux and Vista, which directory is not
writable for normal user. The "%userprofile%" dir in Windows and the "~" 
directory in
Linux are the only place which can guarantee the caller can write to.

Original comment by pi3or...@gmail.com on 9 May 2010 at 1:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I knew about that you can change the folder, but it kept writing the settings to
"%userprofile%" which I don't like. Well I guess if you want to use on all 
platforms
keep it. Thanks for the reply.

Original comment by Jolly.Anarchist@gmail.com on 9 May 2010 at 6:07