[smufl-discuss] Re: Proposal for specific location for font-specific metadata on Windows and OS X

[dspreadbury]

Nicolas wrote:

> You might want to consider per-user location.
>
> On Windows %LocalAppData%\Programs\Common
> On Mac OSX ~/Library/Application Support/
> On Linux (?), ~/.local/share/

What would the benefit of a per-user location be, aside from not requiring
administrator access for installation?

I guess the recommendation would be to check the user-level folders with
the highest level of precedence, then the system-level folders next.

Daniel

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