workspacer.config.csx not in documented location

[YesSeri]

In the quickstart page it says the following:

A configuration file can be generated by right clicking the workspacer system tray icon, and selecting the option to create an example configuration in:

C:\Users\<username>\.config\workspacer\workspacer.config.csx

I followed the instructions but there was no workspacer folder inside my C:\Users\Henrik\.config\. I found the workspacer.config.csx in a different place.

PS C:\> Get-Childitem -Path 'C:\Users\' -Include workspacer.config.csx -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue


    Directory: C:\Users\Henrik\.workspacer


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----         11/5/2022  10:23 PM            864 workspacer.config.csx

This location: C:\Users\Henrik\.workspacer\workspacer.config.csx

It took quite some time for me to figure this out. Do you want me to update the docs with the correct information?

[josteink]

This change may or may not be intentional, but for the time being, yes I think the best option is to document it.

If you provide a PR, I'll try to get it merged :)

[kalocsaibotond]

I think, I got cought in the same bug as you. What I found out, is that when I put my config files into C:\Users\<username>\.config\workspacer, Workspacer does not detects / applies the configuration. It only applies the configuration if I put it into C:\Users\<username>\.workspacer . Also when I run the create example configuration option, workspacer creates C:\Users\<username>\.workspacer folder and then puts there the example configuration.

So we can conclude that Workspacer, in actuality does not look at the C:\Users\<username>\.config\workspacer directory for configuration, and this is the nature of the bug. It could be a feature if the documentation were rectified.

Considering, the Unix-style dot file placement, it would not much of a stretch to implement XDG Base directory specification compliance as much as possible on windows. The author of the documentation already shows an intent to that, since, (s)he denoted C:\Users\<username>\.config\workspacer as a possible location for config files, and the default value of $ENV:XDG_CONFIG_HOME is C:\Users\<username>\.config .