Reply To: How to save zzzFM settings?

[Anonymous]

The answer is provided within the installed zzzFM User Manual.

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Upon first-run, zzzFM creates a directory, pathed at: ~/.config/zzzfm/
and here it will save a “session” file containing your settings (preferences) along with details representing the current state of the running program
(the number of panes, the arrangement of panes, the location currently displayed within each pane). Each time your launch zzzFM, it will restore itself
to match the state of the previous session.

~/.config/zzzfm/session
~/.config/zzzfm/session-last
~/.config/zzzfm/session-prior

While the zzzfm program is running, it updates the session file frequently.
This file should not be manually edited.
To be clear: it is a plaintext file, and you certainly COULD choose to manually edit it… but the running program may overwrite your changes and/or may crash at next launch if your edits have introduced invalid settings//values.

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-c, --config-dir=DIR         Use DIR as configuration directory

Normally, your session file and other user files are saved in ~/.config/zzzfm/
To make zzzfm read and save your files in another directory (~/.config/zzzfm-alt in this example),
stop ALL <i>instances</i> of zzzFM and run:

    # first stop all instances:
    killall zzzfm

    # then:
    zzzfm --config-dir ~/.config/zzzfm-alt</pre>

IMPORTANT:  The config directory path must not contain spaces or other special characters.
Also, if /etc/xdg/zzzfm/ exists, its contents will used to pre-populate the user's config directory
(if such doesn't already exist) during first-run startup.

additional note:
If you delete or rename your session file, upon next launch of zzzFM that file will be recreated using /etc/zzzfm/zzzfm.conf as a template.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Brian Masinick. Reason: From skidoo