Feature Request: Change twad's working directory to WAD Dir
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Ooh, first issue?
As someone who likes to try a lot of mods, I run into issues with config files being conflicting or whatever. So what I do is I have a good config file that I duplicate for every big mod (like Brutal Doom vs Project Brutality vs... other mod names i cant remember.), and then load it when I play with that mod on most maps.
But when I have -config brutal.ini for example, it saves it to /home/tony/, not where it sets DOOMWADDIR.
(Honestly, even better would be to have a WAD Dir and a Config Dir that is selectable like the IWAD and Source Port. I could try to add it/start a new feature request, but I don't know if you think it's feature bloat. I might try, but I haven't used golang in ages.)
Right, well, turns out it might not be possible due to conflicts with boom compatibility. However, in the pull request, I think I have a solution for this: give it the full path of $DOOMWADDIR (is actually cfg waddir)+"/config/+config_name.
Hey man, very sorry for the long delay. I really have missed your Issue/PR and am not sure how that went unnoticed for so long. I'll look into your suggestions later on the day. I guess I wasn't prepared that someone would actually contribute to the project, but I will be stoked if I can still merge in your suggestions!
As stated in your PR I would have (and have) done a couple of things differently...
There are two different options
- Use game exclusive config
Can be done by ticking a checkbox Add/Edit dialog. twad will take care for storage location and name. Configs are stored in ~/.config/twad/configs - Use a shared config. Done by providing a name in the Add/Edit dialog. twad automatically adds the correct file extension if not given. Shared configs are stored in ~/.config/twad/configs_shared/$port_name
- To avoid conflicts / weird behaviour I store configs for different source ports in different subfolders
- Instead of maintaining config file names in the json I show the config files listed from their storage directory
- Autocompletion when entering a shared config name based on existing ones
I've build in the feature as described above. Please have a look and let me know what you think!
Going to close here, but don't hesitate to reopen an issue. Again thanks for the constructive feedback!