2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.cpp b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.cpp
index 78831231..fa0173dc 100644
--- a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.cpp
+++ b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 inline QStringList ProcessRun(QString cmd, QStringList args){
   //Assemble outputs
   QStringList out; out << "1" << ""; //error code, string output
@@ -127,6 +129,30 @@ bool LUtils::isValidBinary(QString& bin){
   return good;
 }
 
+QSettings* LUtils::openSettings(QString org, QString name, QObject *parent){
+  //Start with the base configuration directory
+  QString path = QString(getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")).simplified();
+  if(path.isEmpty()){ path = QDir::homePath()+"/.config"; }
+  //Now add the organization directory
+  path = path+"/"+org;
+  QDir dir(path);
+  if(!dir.exists()){ dir.mkpath(path); }
+  //Now generate/check the name of the file
+  unsigned int user = getuid();
+  QString filepath = dir.absoluteFilePath(name+".conf");
+  if(user==0){
+    //special case - make sure we don't clobber the user-permissioned file
+    QString rootfilepath = dir.absoluteFilePath(name+"_root.conf");
+    if(!QFileInfo::exists(rootfilepath) && QFileInfo::exists(filepath)){
+      QFile::copy(filepath, rootfilepath); //make a copy of the user settings before they start to diverge
+    }
+    return (new QSettings(rootfilepath, QSettings::IniFormat, parent));
+  }else{
+    return (new QSettings(filepath, QSettings::IniFormat, parent));
+  }
+  
+}
+
 QStringList LUtils::systemApplicationDirs(){
   //Returns a list of all the directories where *.desktop files can be found
   QStringList appDirs = QString(getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME")).split(":");
diff --git a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.h b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.h
index 459fca60..4ad05ca1 100644
--- a/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.h
+++ b/src-qt5/core/libLumina/LUtils.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QFuture>
 #include <QScreen>
+#include <QSettings>
 
 class LUtils{
 public:
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ public:
 	  return isValidBinary(bins); //overload for a "junk" binary variable input
 	}
 
+	//Open the right settings file (user/permissions aware)
+	static QSettings* openSettings(QString org, QString name, QObject *parent = 0);
+
 	//Return all the dirs on the system which contain .desktop files
         static QStringList systemApplicationDirs();