QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation returns only \u0011 under FreeBSD

nulluse

According to documentation of QStandardPaths its AppDataLocation should resolve to either of

"~/.local/share/<APPNAME>",
"/usr/local/share/<APPNAME>",
"/usr/share/<APPNAME>"

under Linux. I was expecting that under FreeBSD it would resolve to something similar.
But all I am getting back is a Unicode symbol \u0011

QString defpath = "";
...
defpath.append(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation); // this is where defpath == \u0011

Am I misusing the class/member or is its implementation broken under FreeBSD?

Paul Colby

QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation is an enumerator value, so:

defpath.append(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation);

is actually saying: append an integer to the string.

I think you want to do something like this instead:

defpath.append(QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation).first());

or

defpath.append(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation));

Cheers.

nulluse

Who in their twisted mind?.. Oh, same old.