From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dvn8N-0007ba-Nw for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:19:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dvn80-0007RJ-VP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:19:10 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dvn80-0007Pt-Kz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:19:08 -0400 Received: from [203.59.3.41] (helo=mail.iinet.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dvn8g-0004nN-6s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:19:50 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:05:10 +1000 From: Joshua Root Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] news on the OS X cocoa port Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 21 Jul 2005, Natalia Portillo wrote: >El 21/07/2005, a las 18:33, Stealth Dave escribi=F3: > >>On Jul 21, 2005, at 6:46 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >> >>>On 7/21/05, Mike Kronenberg wrote: >>> >>>>Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >>>> >>>>I'm thinking of a new way to store the images and saved VMs, too. >>>>Maybe we could make something like vpc: A package with the config, >>>>disk-images and saved VMs, located in ~/Documents/QEMU PCs/ >>>> >>> >>>Nice idea. >>> >> >>I would recommend ~/Library/QEMU/PCs as an=20 >>alternative. OS X tends to store all of its=20 >>program specific configuration information in=20 >>the Library folder, which separates it from=20 >>actual Documents such as disk images, word=20 >>processor files, images, etc. >> >>Just $0.02 from the Peanut Gallery! :) >> >>- Dave > >Yeah but the Library is a obscure place, and=20 >VirtualPC for example uses Documents with=20 >packages inside and I think that is an elegant=20 >way and also will help deal with old users. >Also VPC uses XML for hardware description and=20 >should be easy to make a XML<->XML virtual=20 >machine converter, with along qemu-img will=20 >allow people to convert old VPC machines to=20 >QEMU ones (will be very useful for me). Besides which, you're not meant to go creating=20 random folders at the top level of ~/Library/. If=20 you have a single configuration file, it goes in=20 ~/Library/Preferences/, or if you have a=20 collection of things, you create a subfolder in=20 ~/Library/Application Support/ and put them there. I would prefer ~/Documents/QEMU/ rather than=20 ~/Library/Application Support/QEMU/ since the=20 files stored there will not just be managed=20 internally by the app; the user will know about=20 them. Cheers, Josh