{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/777","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/777/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/777/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/777/events","html_url":"https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/777","id":119002543,"number":777,"title":"unhelpful error messages","user":{"login":"J-Dunn","id":9969512,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9969512?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn","html_url":"https://github.com/J-Dunn","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-11-26T09:16:29Z","updated_at":"2015-11-26T11:31:41Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I have built geany from source and when I start it I get the following error box displayed:\r\n```\r\nConfiguration directory could not be created (Permission denied).\r\nThere could be some problems using Geany without a configuration directory.\r\nStart Geany anyway?\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis is actually of no use in trying to fix the problem since it does not state what it can't create. \r\n\r\nI don't want start picking my way through the source code to find out what it may or may not be trying to do. Some abstract comment about \"Configuration directory\" is pointless. Just state explicitly the full path name of the directory that it can not create and the user may have some chance of fixing the permissions problem. \r\n\r\nBTW where is this \"Configuration directory\" ?  \r\n\r\nPermissions seem right for this user but since I don't know what it is trying to do I can hardly fix it. \r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/comments/159890208","html_url":"https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/777#issuecomment-159890208","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/geany/geany/issues/777","id":159890208,"user":{"login":"J-Dunn","id":9969512,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9969512?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn","html_url":"https://github.com/J-Dunn","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/J-Dunn/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-26T11:31:41Z","updated_at":"2015-11-26T11:31:41Z","body":"Thanks, it's on x86_64 linux . I ran it from command line as normal user :  \r\n```\r\n$ geany\r\n```\r\n\r\n"}}