Portable Mode - Move .history From Roaming To Local

[laurinkeithdavis]

This file is can contain information that is not "portable", example and only portable files should be in Roaming

I copied by /AppData/Roaming/Keypirinha folder from one machine to another (actually syncing this folder) and I got an error that a drive was not available.

EDIT by @polyvertex: Original message on Gitter

[Andreasvb]

Portable doesn't put anything in %AppData%.
Use the portable version instead, I don't like when it's scattered around in AppData. :)
I have mine in D:\Portable\Apps\Keypirinha\

[polyvertex]

@Andreasvb thanks for jumping in. Actually this issue would persist if KP would be used in Portable mode. @laurin1's "hiccups" here is that the Keypirinha.history file contain information that may make KP behaving incorrectly across several computers when KP is in Installed mode due to the Keypirinha.history file being stored under C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Roaming instead of C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local.

By convention, the C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Roaming folder is supposed to contain configuration/data files that theorically should be usable on "any" computer (see this SO answer for more info).

Not a big issue but still must be addressed.

[polyvertex]

Should be fixed in 2.15.2.
Do not hesitate to comment if issue persists.

[laurinkeithdavis]

Sorry, but this does not appear to be fixed. On a VM to test, I removed Keypirinha folders from Local and Roaming, uninstalled 2.15.1, and installed 2.15.3, and Keypirinha.history was created in /AppData/Roaming/Keypirinha/User.

[polyvertex]

The .history file is meant to contain user-specific information (i.e. how you use KP to improve search accuracy). Incidentally, it also has to embed machine-specific info as well. Due to the way it is designed, there is no short-term way to separate both types of data because there are tightly associated.

For that reason, the fix was not about moving the .history file to the Local folder but about ensuring that KP does not spit those error messages due to missing files.

[laurinkeithdavis]

Ok