[tor-bugs] #4074 [- Select a component]: Tor Network Map not working

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#4074: Tor Network Map not working
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 Reporter:  dfsjafi                     |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor                       |      Milestone:     
Component:  - Select a component        |        Version:     
 Keywords:  Tor Network, zoom to relay  |         Parent:     
   Points:                              |   Actualpoints:     
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 Hello,[[BR]][[BR]]There's a bug in  vidalia-bundle when changing the
 location for the settings file from [user]\Application Data\Tor and
 [user]\Application Data\Tor\Vidalia to the new directories for your
 settings.[[BR]][[BR]]How it happens:[[BR]][[BR]]I want to change the
 location for the vidalia-bundle settings, I open the settings window and
 make the changes. If I then delete the folders created before
 automatically by the program in [user]\Application Data, then the Tor
 Network Map does not work. The map doesn't show the connections and when
 right clicking on a relay, zoom to relay doesn't work because tor needs
 the file [user]\Application Data\Tor\geoip to be present and doesn't use
 the one you have in your new settings folder.[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]]Also,
 moving the settings folder from application_data is really
 difficult.[[BR]][[BR]]I have to copy the folders tor and vidalia from
 app_data to the new location, because tor needs me to show the path to the
 new "torrc" file instead of creating a default one itself, automatically.
 So you need a torrc file from start and the program doesn't create
 one.[[BR]][[BR]]Another problem is that the settings are stored and
 updated in app_data\vidalia\vidalia.conf (the old directory) and are not
 updated in the new_directory\vidalia.conf. So if you delete the app_data
 directory, you loose your new settings. That's why you need to copy again
 the files from app_data to new_directory before you delete the default
 folder from app_data.[[BR]][[BR]]How changing the settings should work:
 Tor should create a new "torrc" file on its own on the new location, and
 the new new vidalia.conf should be updated when the settings
 change.[[BR]]The problem with the slashes instead of backslashes for the
 path should be fixed.[[BR]][[BR]]There's a bug when changing the field
 value: Settings> Advanced> Data Directory. After selecting the new path
 for the directory, the path is written with "/" instead of "\". After
 clicking ok and closing the settings window, the reopening it, the path is
 ok, with \.[[BR]][[BR]]I used Windows XP, latest vidalia-
 bundle-0.2.2.33-0.2.14-1.exe. Older versions had the same problem.[[BR]]I
 hope you can fix these problems. Thanks!
 [[BR]][[BR]]Sincerely,[[BR]]dfsjafi[[BR]]

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