Feature Request: configure labels folder

[kantrol]

gLabels always suggest to save/load labels from the main user folder. There should be a setting for labels folder.

[brozkeff]

I don't think this is a reasonable requirement.

Most regular office apps do not allow setting some "default" folder where lookup for files start (libreoffice, text editors).
I see that some text editors on my system (linux mint 21, xfce, using legacy leafpad text editor) prefer starting the file open dialog not in home folder (~) but in the virtual "Recent files" view of last opened files. This may be useful if the OS supports this view, however I am not sure if this is not specific to Linux and xfce. I do not see similarly reliable Recent folders on Windows and don't know how this is implemented in Mac OS.

The project should first do its main job well have major issues resolved so first stable release can be made and perhaps package mainainers could prepare it for next OS releases (debian, ...) and if the legacy glabels-3 should be replaced with glabels-4 (qt) the software must reasonably well be able to open old glabels-3 files and convert them to new format without losing information, and the app and glabels batch should do at least the things the old software did.

[kantrol]

At least, most applications (libreoffice, gimp, kolourpaint...) open ~/Documents folder when selecting "Save as" for new documents, instead of the users home directory.

But I agree, that this is only a minor issue and a working 4.0 release is not depending on solving it.

[kantrol]

For reference I would like to add links to some XDG specifications. Though XDG does not cover Windows, those links also mention the equivalent folder specs.
XDG Base Directory Specification and XDG user directories.
XDG.cheat-sheet.md