> -----Original Message----- > From: Development [mailto:development-bounces+mitch.curtis=qt.io@qt- > project.org] On Behalf Of Christian Kandeler > Sent: Friday, 11 November 2016 4:42 PM > To: development@qt-project.org > Subject: Re: [Development] Naming of path/directory-related environment > variables in Qt > > On 11/11/2016 04:13 PM, Mitch Curtis wrote: > > I'd like to establish some kind of convention for naming path/directory- > related environment variables in Qt, with the hope that it could be set in > stone with e.g. one of these newfangled QUIPs. > > > > Pelagicore (via Gordan) kindly contributed a patch to Qt Virtual Keyboard, > where they introduced a QT_VIRTUALKEYBOARD_LAYOUTS_FOLDER > environment variable: > > > > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/174616/ > > > > I then asked Gordan to change this to > QT_VIRTUALKEYBOARD_LAYOUTS_DIR, as it seemed we had a few other > environment variables using this naming scheme. > > > > JP then pushed a patch that adds QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH to > Qt Quick Controls 2: > > > > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/176512/ > > > > He found more examples of where we've used "PATH" than where we > used "DIR", so it seems like a good time to continue with that trend so that > we don't have any more inconsistencies. > > > > My hope is that enough approvers see this email (or QUIP) and its > conclusion (whatever it may be) and -1 patches that go against the > convention. > > > > So, can we all agree on using "PATH" when naming environment variables > that refer to paths? > > But note that "path" is more generic than "dir": A "file path" is not > (necessarily) a directory. So the latter name conveys more information to me > as a user.
I agree, and that's something I thought of too, but then I thought about PATH in Windows and it didn't seem so strange. > > Christian > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
