[Gambas-user] Issue 616 in gambas: Where do files get installed or downloaded to from software farm

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 25/03/2015 09:56, rolf a écrit :
> Hi Karl,
>
>> I don't understand that noise.
>> Did Benoît erase the "Save project as..." in the IDE menu ?
>> You remember? With CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+S you can save the example to any
>> place you like...Still any problem ?
>
> I can't understand, why programs and program code is stored in a configuration
> directory (that is what a hidden files/directories is for) and hidden by
> default for the programmer who will study the code?

As explained by others, this is not a configuration directory, but a 
standard freedesktop directory where a program must store its data that 
depend on the current user.

>
> BTW Why is the code from the software farm and the downloadable sourcecode not
> checksum protected? Not only because we all know, that the internet is one of
> the unsecured place in the world thanks NSA et al.

It is checksum protected! Look at line 301 of the CSoftware.class file 
in the IDE source code.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini