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| -rwxr-xr-x | lib/utils/paths.py | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/utils/settings.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/utils/paths.py b/lib/utils/paths.py index 3bc12c2a..542a0f2d 100755 --- a/lib/utils/paths.py +++ b/lib/utils/paths.py @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ def get_resource_dir(name): return realpath(os.path.join(dirname(realpath(__file__)), '..', '..', name)) -def get_user_dir(name=None): +def get_user_dir(name=None, create=True): try: path = platformdirs.user_config_dir('inkstitch') except ImportError: path = os.path.expanduser('~/.inkstitch') - if not os.path.exists(path): + if create and not os.path.exists(path): os.makedirs(path) if name is not None: diff --git a/lib/utils/settings.py b/lib/utils/settings.py index 42e6b233..28c52290 100644 --- a/lib/utils/settings.py +++ b/lib/utils/settings.py @@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = { class GlobalSettings(MutableMapping): def __init__(self): super().__init__() - self.__settings_file = os.path.join(get_user_dir(), "settings.json") + # We set create=False here because this code is executed on module load + # and via imports also runs on generate-inx-files, which with the Nix + # package manager is executed with a non-writable home directory. + user_dir = get_user_dir(create=False) + self.__settings_file = os.path.join(user_dir, "settings.json") self.__settings = {} for name, value in DEFAULT_METADATA.items(): |