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What Is This cef_user_data...

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#4270 · opened 2016-01-19 by ghost · updated 2019-03-01 · 3 comments · github
?ghost 2016-01-19 github

I now see that Steam is making in ~/.config a cef_user_data directory.

Steam never did this in the past, now is this really needed?

I don't use anything on my system for spelling checking or dictionaries, and if this is just something particular to Steam, then can we please get this placed under a Steam directory instead?

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2016-01-19 github

CEF is the Chromium Embedding Framework. The Steam client uses CEF to host Chromium for web content.

?ghost 2016-01-20 github

I saw something about the Chromium Embedding Framework, maybe the spell checking I read was a mistake.

Either way this is not common place in Linux, not many apps call for this, and for many end-users, Steam might be the only thing calling for this, and so I KINDLY ask that the Steam DEV Team have this directory added into a /steam path instead of having this created in ~/.config

?ghost 2016-04-11 github

The site says that Windows & OSX use a customized version of CEF;
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Chromium_Embedded_Framework

I'm using Linux, so what does that mean in regards to this customized version of CEF?

I understand this is an extension of the Chromium browser, BUT does that mean it creates and should have it's own directory, or should this be containted under a /steam path instead?

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