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-rw-r--r--grc/gui/Preferences.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/grc/gui/Preferences.py b/grc/gui/Preferences.py
index c315436cae..061bda9c05 100644
--- a/grc/gui/Preferences.py
+++ b/grc/gui/Preferences.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _platform = None
_config_parser = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
def file_extension(): return '.'+_platform.get_key()
-def _prefs_file(): return os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), file_extension())
+def _prefs_file(): return os.environ.get('GRC_PREFS_PATH', os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), file_extension()))
def load(platform):
global _platform
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ def load(platform):
#create sections
_config_parser.add_section('main')
_config_parser.add_section('files_open')
+ print "Reading preferences from:", _prefs_file()
try: _config_parser.read(_prefs_file())
except: pass
def save():
+ print "Writing preferences to:", _prefs_file()
try: _config_parser.write(open(_prefs_file(), 'w'))
except: pass