Switch from appdirs to QStandardPaths

pkg/PKGBUILD.qutebrowser-git

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgdesc="A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit.",
 arch=(any)
 url="http://www.qutebrowser.org/"
 license=('GPL')
-depends=('python' 'python-setuptools' 'python-appdirs' 'python-pyqt5' 'qt5-base' 'qt5-webkit')
+depends=('python' 'python-setuptools' 'python-pyqt5' 'qt5-base' 'qt5-webkit')
 makedepends=('python' 'python-setuptools')
 options=(!emptydirs)
 source=('qutebrowser::git://the-compiler.org/qutebrowser')

qutebrowser/app.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ harfbuzz.fix()
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QDialog, QMessageBox
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, QTimer, QEventLoop
-from appdirs import AppDirs
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths
 
 import qutebrowser
 import qutebrowser.commands.utils as cmdutils
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ from qutebrowser.config.iniparsers import ReadWriteConfigParser
 from qutebrowser.config.lineparser import LineConfigParser
 from qutebrowser.browser.cookies import CookieJar
 from qutebrowser.utils.message import MessageBridge
-from qutebrowser.utils.misc import dotted_getattr
+from qutebrowser.utils.misc import dotted_getattr, get_standard_dir
 from qutebrowser.utils.debug import set_trace  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
         networkmanager: The global NetworkManager instance.
         cookiejar: The global CookieJar instance.
         _keyparsers: A mapping from modes to keyparsers.
-        _dirs: AppDirs instance for config/cache directories.
         _args: ArgumentParser instance.
         _timers: List of used QTimers so they don't get GCed.
         _shutting_down: True if we're currently shutting down.
@@ -112,7 +111,6 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
         self._opened_urls = []
         self._shutting_down = False
         self._keyparsers = None
-        self._dirs = None
         self.messagebridge = None
         self.stateconfig = None
         self.modeman = None
@@ -126,9 +124,9 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
         self._init_misc()
         self._init_config()
         self._init_modes()
-        websettings.init(self._dirs.user_cache_dir)
+        websettings.init()
         proxy.init()
-        self.cookiejar = CookieJar(self._dirs.user_data_dir)
+        self.cookiejar = CookieJar()
         self.networkmanager = NetworkManager(self.cookiejar)
         self.commandmanager = CommandManager()
         self.searchmanager = SearchManager()
@@ -168,9 +166,8 @@ class QuteBrowser(QApplication):
 
     def _init_config(self):
         """Inizialize and read the config."""
-        self._dirs = AppDirs('qutebrowser')
         if self._args.confdir is None:
-            confdir = self._dirs.user_config_dir
+            confdir = get_standard_dir(QStandardPaths.ConfigLocation)
         elif self._args.confdir == '':
             confdir = None
         else:

qutebrowser/browser/cookies.py

@@ -17,18 +17,21 @@
 
 """Handling of HTTP cookies."""
 
+from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QNetworkCookie, QNetworkCookieJar
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths
+
 import qutebrowser.config.config as config
 from qutebrowser.config.lineparser import LineConfigParser
-
-from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QNetworkCookie, QNetworkCookieJar
+from qutebrowser.utils.misc import get_standard_dir
 
 
 class CookieJar(QNetworkCookieJar):
 
     """Our own cookie jar to save cookies to disk if desired."""
 
-    def __init__(self, datadir):
+    def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
+        datadir = get_standard_dir(QStandardPaths.DataLocation)
         self._linecp = LineConfigParser(datadir, 'cookies')
         cookies = []
         for line in self._linecp.data:

qutebrowser/config/websettings.py

@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ Module attributes:
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths
 
 import qutebrowser.config.config as config
 from qutebrowser.utils.usertypes import enum
+from qutebrowser.utils.misc import get_standard_dir
 
 MapType = enum('attribute', 'setter', 'static_setter')
 
@@ -144,13 +146,10 @@ def _set_setting(typ, arg, value):
         arg(value)
 
 
-def init(cachedir):
-    """Initialize the global QWebSettings.
-
-    Args:
-        cachedir: Directory to save cache files in.
-    """
+def init():
+    """Initialize the global QWebSettings."""
     global settings
+    cachedir = get_standard_dir(QStandardPaths.CacheLocation)
     QWebSettings.enablePersistentStorage(cachedir)
     settings = QWebSettings.globalSettings()
     for name, (typ, arg) in MAPPINGS.items():

qutebrowser/utils/misc.py

@@ -17,14 +17,18 @@
 
 """Other utilities which don't fit anywhere else."""
 
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import shlex
+import os.path
 import urllib.request
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlencode
 from functools import reduce
 from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths
+
 import qutebrowser
 
 
@@ -133,3 +137,21 @@ def pastebin(text):
     if not url.startswith('http'):
         raise ValueError("Got unexpected response: {}".format(url))
     return url
+
+
+def get_standard_dir(typ):
+    """Get the directory where files of the given type should be written to.
+
+    Args:
+        typ: A member of the QStandardPaths::StandardLocation enum,
+             see http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html#StandardLocation-enum
+    """
+    # FIXME we could easily add some unittests for this
+    path = QStandardPaths.writableLocation(typ)
+    if (typ == QStandardPaths.ConfigLocation and
+            os.path.split(path)[-1] != 'qutebrowser'):
+        # Workaround for https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-38872
+        path = os.path.join(path, 'qutebrowser')
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    return path

setup.py

@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ setup(
     package_data={'qutebrowser': ['html/*']},
     entry_points={'gui_scripts': ['qutebrowser = qutebrowser.__main__:main']},
     test_suite='qutebrowser.test',
-    install_requires=['appdirs >= 1.3.0'],
     zip_safe=True,
 )