CudaText pollutes $HOME/.config with CudaTextrc files

[RRPollack]

On Linux, CudaText creates a new file in $HOME/.config/ for every file it edits. This is unacceptable.

I've barely begun using CudaText and already I have over 30 files in $HOME/.config/ with file names ending with " - CudaTextrc", and that number is growing.

At an absolute minimum, these files should be created in a subdirectory, such as $HOME/.config/CudaText/.

Even that is a security issue, as it reveals the names of the files that have been edited, which may have been stored in a separately encrypted filesystem. I would suggest that such files should be stored in the project directory instead.

[Alexey-T]

ending with " - CudaTextrc", and that number is growing.

But i don't know what is it: my code don't create such files. did you get some 3rd party package (flatpak, snap, etc)? if so, try package from official site.

[Alexey-T]

2nd thing which you can try. unpack (from official site) .xz package to a new PORTABLE dir. run 'cudatext' from there. does it create that stuff?
gtk2 and qt5 packages, both?

[RRPollack]

I downloaded the tarball from SourceForge on July 13th. md5sum reports:
238e050af7990e7e53ce36b88ffb3588 cudatext-linux-qt5-amd64-1.215.0.2.tar.xz
Help -> About says: CudaText 1.215.0.2, linux-x86_64-qt5, fpc 3.2.3

I just downloaded CudaText cudatext-linux-qt5-amd64-1.216.0.0.tar.xz from SourceForge. I will experiment a bit to see if this addresses this issue.

[Alexey-T]

so you used the official package (for qt5). it is interesting how that stuff appears, let's investigate it. some 3rd party app makes it?

[LouieTian0209]

Unable to reproduce it with gtk2 version. There's only a single cudatext directory under .config that stores all plugins, user configs and session information.

[Alexey-T]

I guess some 3rd party component (for Qt?) does it. converted the issue to 'discussion'.