linapple.conf created during the FIRST RUN of the program is blank

[nerun]

I have noticed that the file ~.config/linapple/linapple.conf is created during the first run of the program. But it is a blank file!

It would not be better if the program copied the existing version in /usr/local/etc/linapple/linapple.conf instead?

Related source file: src/Applewin.cpp, line 973.

[nerun]

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

src/Applewin.cpp, at top, add:

#include <fstream>

Now, around line 973:

  std::string userDir(home);
  mkdir(xdgConfigHome.c_str(), 0700);
  mkdir((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple").c_str(), 0700);
  registry = fopen((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple/linapple.conf").c_str(), "w+");
}

Change to:

  std::string userDir(home);
  mkdir(xdgConfigHome.c_str(), 0700);
  mkdir((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple").c_str(), 0700);
  
  // If there is a global install, copy default config file to user's config folder
  if ( "/usr/local/etc/linapple/linapple.conf" ) {
    std::ifstream ifs("/usr/local/etc/linapple/linapple.conf", std::ios::binary);
    std::ofstream ofs((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple/linapple.conf").c_str(), std::ios::binary);
    ofs << ifs.rdbuf();
    registry = fopen((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple/linapple.conf").c_str(), "r+");
  }
  else {
    registry = fopen((xdgConfigHome + "/linapple/linapple.conf").c_str(), "w+");
  }
}

It does works for me. I don't know if this is the proper way to do that.

I don't know how to use "XDG" stuff so i have used /usr/local/etc/linapple/linapple.conf.

It might be interesting to copy Master.dsk too:

# from:
/usr/local/share/linapple/Master.dsk
# to
~/.linapple/disks/

[nerun]

I have closed my PR because i think we should discuss this better. Anybody could help-me?

[walterg74]

Observed the same thing. "Solved" it by copying the file that gets installed to /usr/local/etc/linapple to ~/.config/linapple.

Not sure I understand why the install process copies the file to that location if it will not use it (plus of course why on run it's created blank).