Author Topic: Application Directories  (Read 475 times)

Calum

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 7,812
  • Kudos: 1000
    • Calum Carlyle's music
Application Directories
« on: 16 April 2003, 23:51 »
http://rox.sourceforge.net/appdirs.php3

what do you think of this concept?

is it nice or naff? sounds like the way 'program files' is in windows, but with some improvements. phoenix already comes in this format, and so do a few others although they are usually made available as normal style rpms that install into normal directories too.

what do you think anyway?
visit these websites and make yourself happy forever:
It's my music! | My music on MySpace | Integrational Polytheism

Master of Reality

  • VIP
  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 4,249
  • Kudos: 177
    • http://www.bobhub.tk
Application Directories
« Reply #1 on: 17 April 2003, 00:28 »
sounds.... niff..

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: Moderate
Linux User #283518
'It takes more than a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head to stop Bob'

xyle_one

  • VIP
  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2,213
  • Kudos: 135
Application Directories
« Reply #2 on: 17 April 2003, 01:17 »
most jaguar apps work that way...
i can move apps from my g4 to my ibook most of the time without a hitch..
and uninstalling is easy. just trash it. beautiful.

oh yeah. i think its.... nice

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: ecsyle ]

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: ecsyle ]


Pantso

  • Member
  • **
  • Posts: 1,249
  • Kudos: 55
    • http://www.support-freesoftware.org
Application Directories
« Reply #3 on: 17 April 2003, 01:58 »
Well, that really makes uninstalling a piece of cake really. It is as ecsyle wrote, similar to how apps work in OS X. Don't want an app any more? Just trash it. Beautiful.  

jtpenrod

  • VIP
  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 675
  • Kudos: 105
Application Directories
« Reply #4 on: 17 April 2003, 05:15 »
quote:
what do you think of this concept?

is it nice or naff? sounds like the way 'program files' is in windows, but with some improvements. phoenix already comes in this format, and so do a few others although they are usually made available as normal style rpms that install into normal directories too.
Purdy slick! That's about the way I do my own apps. (See PyTurns-n-Layers) That's about how this one is organized: just unload the "tarball" and you're good to go! Everything it needs is right there in the main directory: the source code, all icons, help files and other documentation. In the code itself, it's quite easy to set up by using:
Code: [Select]
That will keep all the paths straight, no matter where you choose to put the package.

With C++ packages, I set up a central directory where all the helper files are kept, usually named after the package itself.

Unfortunately, it won't work with "official" Deb packages, as they have some very definite ideas as to where they want your stuff located.
______________________________________
Live Free or Die: Linux

"There: now you'll never have to look at those dirty Windows anymore"
      --Daffy Duck   :D
Live Free or Die: Linux
If software can be free, why can't dolphins?