imagej / imagej/imagej-common

imagej fails to read/write ImageJ.cfg in a user-writable location when installed system wide

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Description

As a HPC system administrator, I have imagej installed in a module system (https://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) in a read-only location.

When a user attempts to change a setting, they are presented with this:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3001850/210660022-1c2198ea-c4cd-4243-b125-5a67f600c9c2.png)
because of course the installation location is read-only for them.

ImageJ should honour Unix/Linux standards of placing configs either in `$HOME/.imagej` or even better the XDG standard, https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html which is configurable, but defaults to `$HOME/.confg` for config files.

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Research direction

Locate the code that reads and writes ImageJ.cfg, then compare its current installation-location behavior with the requested $HOME/.imagej and XDG-based locations. Done means users can change settings when ImageJ is installed read-only, with the configuration stored in a user-writable location.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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