Log file problems/tweaks

[carstene1ns]

Currently the logfile location is hardcoded to the save directory, it should be possible to change the location with command line argument or persistent configuration. Use XDG on Unix by default. (This one supersedes #1928, see related discussion)

Currently the logfile cannot be disabled, add an option to do this. Also, make it easy to re-enable, e.g. in settings scene, for bug reports. (This one supersedes #2565, see related discussion)

Consider renaming from easyrpg_log.txt to maybe EasyRPG_Player.log. (This one supersedes #1927)

[randomname42]

Just posting to mention that especially on Wii, being able to disable logging would be beneficial because apparently log files there are prone to corruption. I don't know if other consoles are like that or not.

After backing up my Wii's SD card I was surprised how many EasyRPG log files for various games were actually corrupted (file size listed on the card did not match the file size when copied, plus opening logs with that size issue showed weird nonsense at the end). It's a bit worrying. Hopefully there's no way what's going on can corrupt the card itself. I haven't seen anything else but EasyRPG logs be corrupted at least, so I can conclude it's an issue with EasyRPG and not with the SD card.

In all honesty I'm a little bit afraid to use EasyRPG on my Wii now after seeing so many corrupted log files. I don't want to be pushy or anything, but if there could be any kind of way to turn off logging it would really be appreciated.

[Ghabry]

@carstene1ns I actually plan to do this quickly (redirecting the logfile) before 0.8.1

Looking around there are lots of games in the internet containing our logfile. Bit annoying... Let's resolve this

Which directory according to xdg is suitable for the log? For homebrew I would just write it in the config dir but on Linux this feels dirty :)

[carstene1ns]

I would usually say $XDG_CACHE_HOME, since I have used this before.
However a short google search¹² recommends $XDG_STATE_HOME³, so we should use that.

Btw. we should be careful with logfile truncation, since all games use the same file then.

Footnotes

1. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/699333/xdg-cache-home-vs-xdg-state-home ↩

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ny34vs/new_xdg_state_home_in_xdg_base_directory_spec/ ↩

3. if empty, $HOME/.local/state ↩