Portable configuration files.

[destbr]

Hi,

Great job on PortableLinuxApps, thanks!

Would be great if the configuration files and user's preferences (ex.: .config/app_name) were stored with the executable file, becouse a portable app have to store this files with yourself to be a real portable application.

thanks.

[probono]

Thanks for this idea, definitely worth considering for the next version. In the meantime, you can run apps with

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export HOME=/some/directory
/path/to/ApplicationName

and all settings should be written to /some/directory instead of $HOME.

[41oZTIzY20bZ]

Is this what I should type at a prompt?

./"Firefox 4.0b4pre" export HOME=/Firefox

[probono]

No.

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export HOME=/Firefox
./"Firefox 4.0b4pre"

This would assume that you have a directory "/Firefox" in which the settings should be saved. Which would surprise me, to say the least.