The Tool Chest shows the tools that you currently have in your
- <user home dir>/.ghidra/.ghidra-<version>/tools folder.
+ <user settings>/tools folder.
The tools are placed there when you initially install Ghidra.
These tools are always available to your currently open project. See Ghidra Tool Administration for
@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@
other IDE), you will see standard output and errors in your IDE's console as well as
the Ghidra console.
- Errors and other informational messages are logged to a file in <user
- home>/.ghidra/ghidraUser.log. Messages are appended to the file every
+
Errors and other informational messages are logged to a file in
+ <user settings>/ghidraUser.log. Messages are appended to the file every
time you launch Ghidra. Once the log file has reached 500KB in size, however, it will
be rolled to a backup file named ghidraUser.log.0. Older backup files are
similarly rolled to another file with a one-up digit suffix as well. Ghidra stores a
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/osgi/GhidraSourceBundle.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/osgi/GhidraSourceBundle.java
index e108d13817..6a1538effb 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/osgi/GhidraSourceBundle.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/osgi/GhidraSourceBundle.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
+ *
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ *
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ public class GhidraSourceBundle extends GhidraBundle {
}
/**
- * Source bundles are compiled to a path relative to the user's home:
- * {@code $USERHOME/.ghidra/.ghidra_/osgi/compiled-bundles/ }
+ * Source bundles are compiled to a path relative to the user's settings directory:
+ * {@code /osgi/compiled-bundles/ }
*
* @return the destination for compiled source bundles
*
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class GhidraSourceBundle extends GhidraBundle {
* a hash of the source directory path.
*
* This hash is also used as the final path component of the compile destination:
- *
{@code $USERHOME/.ghidra/.ghidra_/osgi/compiled-bundles/ }
+ *
{@code /osgi/compiled-bundles/ }
*
* @param sourceDir the source directory
* @return a string hash of the source directory path
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LibraryLookupTable.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LibraryLookupTable.java
index 1eaa8f695a..13cc9933c1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LibraryLookupTable.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/LibraryLookupTable.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
+ *
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ *
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ public class LibraryLookupTable {
*
* Alternatively, a user specific resource directory may be used which
* is located at
- *
- * <USER_HOME>/.ghidra/<.ghidraVersion>/symbols/[win32|win64]
- *
+ * {@code
+ * /symbols/[win32|win64]
+ * }
* The cacheMap is a static cache which always returns the same
* instance for a given DLL name.
*
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingInternals.html b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingInternals.html
index 0cae3798a4..2d0f135e5c 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingInternals.html
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingInternals.html
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
Creating/Editing/Saving Themes
New themes can be created and saved to files in the theme directory in the user's
- application directory (<home>/.ghidra/.ghidra-<version>/themes).
+ settings directory (<user settings>/themes).
When the application is started, this directory is scanned and any
*.theme files are loaded and available to be selected as the active theme.
The Gui class has
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingUserDocs.html b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingUserDocs.html
index 0b3ce4947e..a6f79f7820 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingUserDocs.html
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Docking/src/main/help/help/topics/Theming/ThemingUserDocs.html
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
in their home application directory
Users can also edit and create their own themes using the Theme Editor. Custom themes are
- stored in the user's <home>/.ghidra/.ghidra-<version>/themes directory.
+ stored in the user's <user settings>/themes directory.
These theme files are simple text files that can
easily be modified using any text editor. Also, users can share themes by exporting them to a
file that can be given to other users who can them import them into their application.
+
+ NOTE: The <user settings> directory is platform/configuration
+ specific. Its value can be found in the Ghidra Front End GUI, under Help ->
+ Runtime Information -> Application Layout -> Settings Directory
Theme Files are used to store saved custom themes. They are simple text files and are
stored in the user's home application directory under
- <home>/.ghidra/.ghidra-<version>/themes. The first three properties
+ <user settings>/themes. The first three properties
are always the theme name, the Look and Feel name, and whether the theme uses standard
defaults or dark defaults. Finally, there is a list of overridden property "name = value"
lines. The format is:
diff --git a/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html b/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
index 7cbfd2e0c4..181304a075 100644
--- a/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
+++ b/GhidraDocs/InstallationGuide.html
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ can be found in the 
When you click on the
Apply or OK button, your