Date: November 17, 2025
Source: OldCoder <me@oldcoder.org>
Subject: Dooble database location patch

This is  a patch for Dooble git snapshots  dated circa November
2025. This patch fixes  a bug  which could lead  to a  settings
database being created, incorrectly,  in the system's root dir-
ectory.

--- dooble-git-5ac996ba9.old/Source/dooble_settings.cc
+++ dooble-git-5ac996ba9/Source/dooble_settings.cc
@@ -582,7 +581,19 @@
 
   if(!s_settings.contains(key))
     {
-      auto const home_path = s_settings.value("home_path").toString();
+      auto home_path = s_settings.value("home_path").toString();
+
+      if (home_path.isEmpty())
+      {
+          auto const hobytes (qEnvironmentVariable \
+("DOOBLE_HOME").trimmed());    
+
+          if (!hobytes.isEmpty())
+          {
+              QDir().mkpath (hobytes);
+              home_path = hobytes;
+          }
+      }
 
       locker.unlock();
 
==== end of patch ====