[fpc-pascal] Search path order for fpc.cfg

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 12 Apr 2020, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal wrote:

>>> Why does fpc look for .fpc.cfg in the user home dir when it is
>>> otherwise looking for fpc.cfg?
>>
>> Because the naming convention on unixes is like that for config files in
>> your home directory. This is not fpc specific.
>>
>> This convention predates the systems used by desktop environments which
>> nowadays puts
>> everything in ~/.config or ~/.share or some other convention. But it is
>> still in use today.
>>
>
> Just for completeness sake: this is not a convention for configuration
> files, but for *hidden* files in general. While in the global configuration
> directory (/etc) all files are (normally) visible for everyone the idea is
> that inside the user's home directory in most cases the user is only
> interested in the normal files of themselves when doing a "ls". Hidden
> files and directories are only shown with "ls -a". That is why FPC's
> configuration file is hidden: its good tone to hide configuration files in
> the user's home directory.

Exactly. That is also why the config directory is called .config or .share.
it is then 'hidden' by default.

Thank you for completing my explanation.

Michael.