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Re: [Pan-users] What tells Pan where to save??


From: Duncan
Subject: Re: [Pan-users] What tells Pan where to save??
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:52:03 +0000 (UTC)
User-agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT f91bd24 /usr/src/portage/src/egit-src/pan2)

Steven D'Aprano posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:41:13 +1100 as excerpted:

> I wonder why Pan records fixed paths instead of relative to the user's
> home directory?
> 
> I mean, it's fine to support fixed paths if the user sets one, but by
> default it would be better to have locations of the form:
> 
> ~/where/to/download/files
> 
> or
> 
> $HOME/where/to/download/files
> 
> instead of
> 
> /home/my-name-is-slim-shady/where/to/download/files

LOLed at your choice of example! =:^)

> Being able to copy your config and use it with another account is a good
> thing.

I've wondered that before as well.  Heinrich, is that an easy change?

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