Preferences location on linux and windows?

tx!
I would have never guessed it.

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Cyril Ferlicot D.
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Le 29/10/2017 à 21:19, Stephane Ducasse a écrit :
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I'm about to release a new booklet and I need the following information.
>> What are the preferences  location on linux and windows?
>>
>> TX
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> For windows:
>
> C:\Users\Name_Of_Your_User\AppData\Roaming
>
> You can also describe it by:
>
> %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming
>
> This location contains a "Pharo" folder.
>
>
>
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> Cyril Ferlicot
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>
> http://www.synectique.eu
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On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Stephane Ducasse <[hidden email]> wrote:

tx!
I would have never guessed it.

That's normal, nobody would have guessed it because it's not a guess. Instead of guessing, one can just use any of the Pharo search engine which allow to find anything in Pharo in a couple seconds. 

Using GTSpotter, typing 'Preferences' immediately shows as the first result the general and version preference folders, with location and contents. 

Using the class search feature of Nautilus [1], entering 'Preferences' shows only a couple classes, including StartupPreferencesLoader, which by name explicitly says this is responsible for loading the startup preferences. Looking at its comment we see:

...

Print the result of "StartupPreferencesLoader preferencesGeneralFolder" which holds the startup scripts common to all versions of Pharo.

Print the result of "StartupPreferencesLoader preferencesVersionFolder" which holds the startup scripts specific to the version of the current image.

...

As Nicolas said, the address of the folder is different based on the OS version, OS settings, OS updates, the user rights of the person who started Pharo... That's why in StartupPreferencesLoader the way to find the path is documented and not the path itself.

 [1] Open Nautilus, right click in the left column and select 'Find class...' in the menu

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Cyril Ferlicot D.
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Le 29/10/2017 à 21:19, Stephane Ducasse a écrit :
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I'm about to release a new booklet and I need the following information.
>> What are the preferences  location on linux and windows?
>>
>> TX
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> For windows:
>
> C:\Users\Name_Of_Your_User\AppData\Roaming
>
> You can also describe it by:
>
> %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming
>
> This location contains a "Pharo" folder.
>
>
>
> --
> Cyril Ferlicot
> https://ferlicot.fr
>
> http://www.synectique.eu
> 2 rue Jacques Prévert 01,
> 59650 Villeneuve d'ascq France
>

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