Sync docs after various doc source updates

...mostly in terms of modularizing how various file
and directory (folder) paths are shown (for consistency in
both name and styling); add some missing paths (e.g., where
does Tux Paint save drawings on Haiku?)
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Bill Kendrick 2024-04-27 12:42:55 -07:00
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@ -226,15 +226,19 @@ Where does Tux Paint save my drawings?
Windows Vista, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
In the user's "AppData" folder:
e.g., C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved
e.g., "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved\"
macOS
In the user's "Application Support" folder:
e.g., /Users/Username/Library/Applicaton Support/TuxPaint/saved/
e.g., "/Users/username/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/saved/"
Linux / Unix
In the user's home directory ("$HOME"), under a ".tuxpaint" subfolder:
e.g., /home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/
In the user's "home directory" folder:
e.g., "/home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/"
Haiku
In the user's "settings" folder:
e.g., "/boot/home/config/settings/TuxPaint/saved/"
The images are stored as PNG bitmaps, which most modern programs should be
@ -478,13 +482,13 @@ Tux Paint won't run
Paint!", this means it has been launched in the last 30 seconds. (On Unix/
Linux, this message would appear in a terminal console if you ran Tux Paint
from a command-line. On Windows, this message would appear in a file named
"stdout.txt" in the same folder where TuxPaint.exe resides (e.g., in "C:\
Program Files\TuxPaint").
"stdout.txt" in the same folder where TuxPaint.exe resides (e.g., in
"C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\").
A lockfile ("~/.tuxpaint/lockfile.dat" on Linux and Unix, "userdata\
lockfile.dat" on Windows) is used to make sure Tux Paint isn't run too many
times at once (e.g., due to a child impatiently clicking its icon more than
once).
A lockfile (e.g., "/home/username/.tuxpaint/lockfile.dat" on Linux and
Unix, "userdata\lockfile.dat" on Windows) is used to make sure Tux Paint
isn't run too many times at once (e.g., due to a child impatiently clicking
its icon more than once).
Even if the lockfile exists, it contains the 'time' Tux Paint was last run.
If it's been more than 30 seconds, Tux Paint should run fine, and simply
@ -557,9 +561,14 @@ Tux Paint is using options I didn't specify!
+ Windows
Under Windows, Tux Paint first examines the configuration file:
Under Windows, it first examines the system-wide configuration file,
located here:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.cfg
C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.cfg
It then examines the user's personal configuration file:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.cfg
Finally, any options sent as command-line arguments are used.
@ -572,7 +581,7 @@ Tux Paint is using options I didn't specify!
It then examines the user's personal configuration file:
/Users/Username/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/tuxpaint.cfg
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/tuxpaint.cfg
Finally, any options sent as command-line arguments are used.
@ -606,8 +615,8 @@ Tux Paint is using options I didn't specify!
nosound=yes
...then you can reenable sound by either adding this option to your own "/
home/username/.tuxpaintrc" file:
...then you can reenable sound by either adding this option to your own
"/home/username/.tuxpaintrc" file:
sound=yes