[Kstars-devel] Usage of locateLocal

[Waldo Bastian]

Hi,

I noticed that kstars uses a lot of locateLocal() calls instead of locate() 
calls.

In general, when _reading_ a file, you want to use locate() to search the file 
under the user's $HOME/.kde dir and if there is no file there, under $KDEDIR 
instead. This makes it possible for a system administrator to place files in 
$KDEDIR (or in a dedicated KIOSK profile) that can then be used by all users.

By handling this consistently throughout KDE I think this makes KDE really 
nice from an administration point of view, so I would like to see all 
applications, including kstars, follow in this practice where appropriate.

When you change this in the code, keep in mind that while locateLocal() always 
returns a file name, locate() only returns a filename if a file was actually 
found. If no file is found an empty string is returned, so it's important to 
check for this.

When you are about to write a file, locateLocal() is the right function to 
use.

I have changed one occurance of locateLocal in kstarsdata.cpp already, please 
take a look at the remaining ones.

Cheers,
Waldo
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