3 questions about your coding habits

[Richmond]

On 16/10/14 06:22, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> 1. When you're working on stack files, do you always keep them 
> somewhere in your Home folder, or run with admin privileges and keep 
> them somewhere else (e.g. Applications)?

I keep all my stacks in a folder called 'xCode' and its subfolders, on 
the desktop.

>
> 2. Do you regularly switch among different OSes, and if so how do you 
> sync your files (drag-and-drop, rsync, OwnCloud, or something else), 
> or do you bypass syncing altogether by mounting a shared volume?

I use Linux (Ubuntu Studio) about 95% of the time, I use Mac OS 10.5.8 
and Mac OS 10.4.11 about 4% of the time on an iMac G5, and Mac OS 9.1 
about 1% of the time on an iMac G3.

Very, very occasionally I use Windows XP and 7 via VMware Player (on 
Ubuntu Studio) to check standalones.

Occasionally I use Mac OS 10.6 and Mac OS 10.8 via VMware Player to 
check standalones.

>
> 3. If you do sync among multiple OSes, do you maintain the same paths 
> to your stack files on each system relative to your home folder?
> e.g.
> Mac:
> /Users/rg/SomeProject/MyStack.livecode
> Linux:
> /home/rg/SomeProject/MyStack.livecode

No, I don't.

>
> If the latter, then specialFolderPath("home") works as a way of 
> storing relative paths for multi-OS workflows in a tool I'm working 
> on....
>

Richmond.