Format of options file

[RS]

On 04/03/18 09:25, I wrote:
> On 04/03/18 00:24, I wrote:
>>
>> If download_history can use 0x0A as a line terminator in both Linux 
>> and Windows I can't see why the options file should not also.  The 
>> options file is internal to get_iplayer.  Users do not need to edit it 
>> directly.
>>
> I would add that now Linux fully supports NTFS it is not unreasonable to 
> want to share data between Windows and Linux versions of programs and to 
> go backwards and forwards between whatever happens to be convenient at 
> the moment.  Thunderbird, Libre Office, Softmaker Teamviewer and 
> browsers all make it possible, as long as you don't try to do it on the 
> Windows c: drive.
> 
The discussion in this thread
https://forums.squarepenguin.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=1690
suggests it may be possible to put the profile directory somewhere it 
could be read and written to by both Windows and Linux (not in c: or 
/home).  The incompatibility in file formats for the options file 
between Windows and Linux would prevent that idea from working.

Best wishes
Richard