Feature request: specify "satoshi-datadir" in settings instead of as a CL option

[runeks]

Hi all

First of all, thanks for making Armory! I've been using it as my main wallet for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. An offline wallet with a paper backup makes me sleep so much better .

I've changed the configuration of my system to run bitcoind as a service. This means that the bitcoind service starts as soon as my OS boots, and as a consequence it's always up-to-date when I want to use it.

It's running as its own user "bitcoinuser" and it stores the data files in /home/bitcoinuser/.bitcoin/, which means Armory needs to look in that directory.

Currently this is only possible by specifying it as a command line option, which means I need to edit the Armory .desktop files in /usr/share/applications every time I update Armory (since these are overwritten).

It'd be much easier if I could just specify this directory in the Armory settings, so that they're saved along all my other settings in ~/.armory/ and I won't need to update any files after updating Armory.

[spin]

Hi all

First of all, thanks for making Armory! I've been using it as my main wallet for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. An offline wallet with a paper backup makes me sleep so much better .

I've changed the configuration of my system to run bitcoind as a service. This means that the bitcoind service starts as soon as my OS boots, and as a consequence it's always up-to-date when I want to use it.

It's running as its own user "bitcoinuser" and it stores the data files in /home/bitcoinuser/.bitcoin/, which means Armory needs to look in that directory.

Currently this is only possible by specifying it as a command line option, which means I need to edit the Armory .desktop files in /usr/share/applications every time I update Armory (since these are overwritten).

It'd be much easier if I could just specify this directory in the Armory settings, so that they're saved along all my other settings in ~/.armory/ and I won't need to update any files after updating Armory.

You can set it in the settings.  Switch to advanced view perhaps?

[runeks]

Hi all

First of all, thanks for making Armory! I've been using it as my main wallet for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. An offline wallet with a paper backup makes me sleep so much better .

I've changed the configuration of my system to run bitcoind as a service. This means that the bitcoind service starts as soon as my OS boots, and as a consequence it's always up-to-date when I want to use it.

It's running as its own user "bitcoinuser" and it stores the data files in /home/bitcoinuser/.bitcoin/, which means Armory needs to look in that directory.

Currently this is only possible by specifying it as a command line option, which means I need to edit the Armory .desktop files in /usr/share/applications every time I update Armory (since these are overwritten).

It'd be much easier if I could just specify this directory in the Armory settings, so that they're saved along all my other settings in ~/.armory/ and I won't need to update any files after updating Armory.

You can set it in the settings.  Switch to advanced view perhaps?

The only thing I see in settings is this:

Which doesn't allow me to specify the bitcoin datadir unless I let Armory manage bitcoind, which I don't want it to do.

But I guess this only makes it a matter of enabling that text box regardless of whether Armory manages running bitcoind or not.