[Pidgin] #6555: PURPLEHOME environment variable ignored

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#6555: PURPLEHOME environment variable ignored
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 Reporter:  Mephator                              |        Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  defect                                |       Status:  pending        
Milestone:                                        |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.4.3                                 |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  purplehome environment variable logs  |  
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Changes (by datallah):

  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 Mephator]:
 > When I launch Pidgin and it "ignores" the environment variable, I'm
 using a shortcut on my desktop. When I launch Pidgin with -d, I'm doing it
 from a command prompt.

 This works fine for me.  I have no idea why it wouldn't work for you.

 >
 > I'll try logging out or even rebooting, but at that point this is
 becoming silly. Why can't there be a simple option to set a log location?

 There could be; someone could write a logger plugin with a configurable
 log location.

 At this point we haven't been convinced of any scenarios where the log
 directory location needs to be different than the settings directory
 location.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6555#comment:5>
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