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2 .. image:: https://secure.travis-ci.org/ActiveState/appdirs.png
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3 :target: http://travis-ci.org/ActiveState/appdirs
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5 the problem
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6 ===========
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8 What directory should your app use for storing user data? If running on Mac OS X, you
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9 should use::
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11 ~/Library/Application Support/<AppName>
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13 If on Windows (at least English Win XP) that should be::
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15 C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Local Settings\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
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17 or possibly::
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19 C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\<AppAuthor>\<AppName>
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21 for `roaming profiles <http://bit.ly/9yl3b6>`_ but that is another story.
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23 On Linux (and other Unices) the dir, according to the `XDG
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24 spec <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>`_, is::
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26 ~/.local/share/<AppName>
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29 ``appdirs`` to the rescue
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30 =========================
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32 This kind of thing is what the ``appdirs`` module is for. ``appdirs`` will
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33 help you choose an appropriate:
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35 - user data dir (``user_data_dir``)
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36 - user config dir (``user_config_dir``)
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37 - user cache dir (``user_cache_dir``)
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38 - site data dir (``site_data_dir``)
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39 - site config dir (``site_config_dir``)
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40 - user log dir (``user_log_dir``)
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42 and also:
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44 - is a single module so other Python packages can include their own private copy
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45 - is slightly opinionated on the directory names used. Look for "OPINION" in
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46 documentation and code for when an opinion is being applied.
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49 some example output
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50 ===================
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52 On Mac OS X::
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54 >>> from appdirs import *
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55 >>> appname = "SuperApp"
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56 >>> appauthor = "Acme"
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57 >>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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58 '/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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59 >>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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60 '/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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61 >>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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62 '/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp'
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63 >>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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64 '/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp'
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66 On Windows 7::
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67
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68 >>> from appdirs import *
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69 >>> appname = "SuperApp"
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70 >>> appauthor = "Acme"
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71 >>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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72 'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp'
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73 >>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor, roaming=True)
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74 'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Roaming\\Acme\\SuperApp'
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75 >>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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76 'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp\\Cache'
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77 >>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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78 'C:\\Users\\trentm\\AppData\\Local\\Acme\\SuperApp\\Logs'
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80 On Linux::
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82 >>> from appdirs import *
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83 >>> appname = "SuperApp"
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84 >>> appauthor = "Acme"
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85 >>> user_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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86 '/home/trentm/.local/share/SuperApp
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87 >>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor)
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88 '/usr/local/share/SuperApp'
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89 >>> site_data_dir(appname, appauthor, multipath=True)
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90 '/usr/local/share/SuperApp:/usr/share/SuperApp'
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91 >>> user_cache_dir(appname, appauthor)
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92 '/home/trentm/.cache/SuperApp'
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93 >>> user_log_dir(appname, appauthor)
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94 '/home/trentm/.cache/SuperApp/log'
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95 >>> user_config_dir(appname)
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96 '/home/trentm/.config/SuperApp'
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97 >>> site_config_dir(appname)
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98 '/etc/xdg/SuperApp'
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99 >>> os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_DIRS'] = '/etc:/usr/local/etc'
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100 >>> site_config_dir(appname, multipath=True)
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101 '/etc/SuperApp:/usr/local/etc/SuperApp'
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103
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104 ``AppDirs`` for convenience
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105 ===========================
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107 ::
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108
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109 >>> from appdirs import AppDirs
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110 >>> dirs = AppDirs("SuperApp", "Acme")
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111 >>> dirs.user_data_dir
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112 '/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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113 >>> dirs.site_data_dir
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114 '/Library/Application Support/SuperApp'
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115 >>> dirs.user_cache_dir
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116 '/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp'
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117 >>> dirs.user_log_dir
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118 '/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp'
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122 Per-version isolation
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123 =====================
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125 If you have multiple versions of your app in use that you want to be
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126 able to run side-by-side, then you may want version-isolation for these
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127 dirs::
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128
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129 >>> from appdirs import AppDirs
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130 >>> dirs = AppDirs("SuperApp", "Acme", version="1.0")
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131 >>> dirs.user_data_dir
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132 '/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp/1.0'
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133 >>> dirs.site_data_dir
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134 '/Library/Application Support/SuperApp/1.0'
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135 >>> dirs.user_cache_dir
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136 '/Users/trentm/Library/Caches/SuperApp/1.0'
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137 >>> dirs.user_log_dir
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138 '/Users/trentm/Library/Logs/SuperApp/1.0'
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141
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142 appdirs Changelog
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143 =================
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144
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145 appdirs 1.4.3
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146 -------------
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147 - [PR #76] Python 3.6 invalid escape sequence deprecation fixes
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148 - Fix for Python 3.6 support
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149
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150 appdirs 1.4.2
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151 -------------
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152 - [PR #84] Allow installing without setuptools
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153 - [PR #86] Fix string delimiters in setup.py description
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154 - Add Python 3.6 support
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155
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156 appdirs 1.4.1
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157 -------------
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158 - [issue #38] Fix _winreg import on Windows Py3
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159 - [issue #55] Make appname optional
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160
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161 appdirs 1.4.0
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162 -------------
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163 - [PR #42] AppAuthor is now optional on Windows
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164 - [issue 41] Support Jython on Windows, Mac, and Unix-like platforms. Windows
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165 support requires `JNA <https://github.com/twall/jna>`_.
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166 - [PR #44] Fix incorrect behaviour of the site_config_dir method
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167
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168 appdirs 1.3.0
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169 -------------
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170 - [Unix, issue 16] Conform to XDG standard, instead of breaking it for
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171 everybody
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172 - [Unix] Removes gratuitous case mangling of the case, since \*nix-es are
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173 usually case sensitive, so mangling is not wise
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174 - [Unix] Fixes the utterly wrong behaviour in ``site_data_dir``, return result
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175 based on XDG_DATA_DIRS and make room for respecting the standard which
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176 specifies XDG_DATA_DIRS is a multiple-value variable
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177 - [Issue 6] Add ``*_config_dir`` which are distinct on nix-es, according to
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178 XDG specs; on Windows and Mac return the corresponding ``*_data_dir``
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179
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180 appdirs 1.2.0
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181 -------------
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182
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183 - [Unix] Put ``user_log_dir`` under the *cache* dir on Unix. Seems to be more
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184 typical.
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185 - [issue 9] Make ``unicode`` work on py3k.
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187 appdirs 1.1.0
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188 -------------
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189
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190 - [issue 4] Add ``AppDirs.user_log_dir``.
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191 - [Unix, issue 2, issue 7] appdirs now conforms to `XDG base directory spec
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192 <http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>`_.
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193 - [Mac, issue 5] Fix ``site_data_dir()`` on Mac.
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194 - [Mac] Drop use of 'Carbon' module in favour of hardcoded paths; supports
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195 Python3 now.
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196 - [Windows] Append "Cache" to ``user_cache_dir`` on Windows by default. Use
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197 ``opinion=False`` option to disable this.
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198 - Add ``appdirs.AppDirs`` convenience class. Usage:
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199
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200 >>> dirs = AppDirs("SuperApp", "Acme", version="1.0")
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201 >>> dirs.user_data_dir
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202 '/Users/trentm/Library/Application Support/SuperApp/1.0'
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203
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204 - [Windows] Cherry-pick Komodo's change to downgrade paths to the Windows short
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205 paths if there are high bit chars.
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206 - [Linux] Change default ``user_cache_dir()`` on Linux to be singular, e.g.
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207 "~/.superapp/cache".
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208 - [Windows] Add ``roaming`` option to ``user_data_dir()`` (for use on Windows only)
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209 and change the default ``user_data_dir`` behaviour to use a *non*-roaming
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210 profile dir (``CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA`` instead of ``CSIDL_APPDATA``). Why? Because
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211 a large roaming profile can cause login speed issues. The "only syncs on
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212 logout" behaviour can cause surprises in appdata info.
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215 appdirs 1.0.1 (never released)
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216 ------------------------------
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218 Started this changelog 27 July 2010. Before that this module originated in the
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219 `Komodo <http://www.activestate.com/komodo>`_ product as ``applib.py`` and then
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220 as `applib/location.py
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221 <http://github.com/ActiveState/applib/blob/master/applib/location.py>`_ (used by
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222 `PyPM <http://code.activestate.com/pypm/>`_ in `ActivePython
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223 <http://www.activestate.com/activepython>`_). This is basically a fork of
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224 applib.py 1.0.1 and applib/location.py 1.0.1.
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