Config file changed from albert subdirectory to .config

[joserebelo]

Description

The configuration file seems to have changed from ~/.config/albert/albert.conf to ~/.config/albert.conf. I am not sure exactly when this broke, since I was unable to start albert on wayland until today due to some Qt 6.5.0 beta issues. However, I have also confirmed that this happens outside of the testing repositories, on Qt 6.4.2. There are also a few reports on the AUR of the same behavior. This is most likely a Qt change, but I didn't manage to track down the cause.

Expected behavior

• Albert should use ~/.config/albert/albert.conf as it did before

Steps to reproduce

• Start albert
• Notice that it reverted to default settings
• Notice that it creates a ~/.config/albert.conf, but still uses ~/.config/albert/albert.db for example
• Add a qDebug() << "Settings: " << settings.fileName();, and notice it prints 11:34:11 [debg:default] Settings: "/home/username/.config/albert.conf"

Source

• Built from master (1f0af26)

Debug output

Albert version: 0.20.3
            Build date: Jan 29 2023 11:28:13
            Qt version: 6.4.2
             Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
  Arch (build/current): x86_64/x86_64
 Kernel (type/version): linux/6.1.8-arch1-1
                    OS: Arch Linux
     OS (type/version): arch/unknown
 $QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: 
         Platform name: xcb
       Binary location: /usr/bin/albert
                  $PWD: /home/jose
                $SHELL: /bin/zsh
                 $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
              Language: English
                Locale: en_US
     $XDG_SESSION_TYPE: x11
  $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP: 
      $DESKTOP_SESSION: 
  $XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP: 
            Icon theme: hicolor

[ManuelSchneid3r]

https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert/blob/v0.17.4/src/app/main.cpp#L142

I guess the problem is that i removed this line without knowing of the side effects.

reference https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsettings.html#setPath

[Massimo-B]

Which versions are affected? When updating from 0.17.6 to 0.20.14 or 0.21.1, it cannot find its configuration anymore and creates ~/.config/albert.conf.

Creating a symlink './albert.conf' -> 'albert/albert.conf' does not solve the issue and still starts "for the first time".

[ManuelSchneid3r]

I added a unified file in the config dir (does also affect all other platforms which usually dont use ini files).

I tried to port the config here.

Is somebody interested in testing the devel branch?