[Development] QStandardPaths::writableLocation() on OSX in test mode

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Wed Nov 11 20:27:49 CET 2015


On Wednesday 11 November 2015 19:07:17 David Faure wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 November 2015 16:03:31 Petroules Jake wrote:
> > I mean the API returns a single value, not a list.
> 
> Yes, and the value returned by writableLocation() is supposed to be
> user-specific (something under $HOME) rather than system-wide.
> 
> So /Applications should be in QSP::standardLocations(ApplicationsLocation)
> but QSP::writableLocation(ApplicationsLocation) should return something
> under $HOME, like on XDG unixes (where it's ~/.local/share/applications).

Assuming there's such a standard. If there isn't, it should return empty (no 
writable location).
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