[Kde-games-devel] KScoreManager design

[Ian Wadham]

On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:17:45 pm Parker Coates wrote:
> Currently KScoreDialog uses the apps default config file for storing
> the scores. What do people think about using a separate file instead?
>
DEFINITELY use a separate file!  And it is easy to do so and still keep
the KConfigGroup file-format.  Several KDE games use such files for
game-related data, which is what high scores really are.

> I think this would make things simpler for users (or developers) who
> would like to backup and restore their scores, or wipe their settings
> while keeping the scores or vice versa. Highscore data really has
> little to do with the app configuration and it's always kind of
> bothered me that they're stored in the same file.
>
Ditto from me.

Cheers, Ian W.