[Lazarus] Configuration data in Linux?

[Michael Schnell]

  AFAIK the only commonly agreed "standard" is that ini files or 
directories have the same name as the application prefixed by a "." but 
no additional ending.

They usually are placed in the home directory of the user if they 
contain user specific data and in /etc/ if they contain global data (in 
/etc/ the "." often is omitted).

As (AFAIK) there is no standard about coding the content (other than 
that it needs to be ASCII characters) ini format is not a bad idea. XML 
of course is more "modern" and more flexible, as it supports a 
structured layout.

-Michael