1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index aee0eb5..5d78cb7 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ Settings::Settings(const QString &configFile)
     path = configFile;
     homeLocation = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation);
     settingsLocation = QFileInfo(configFile).dir().absolutePath();
+    cacheLocation = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation);
 
     qDebug("Read configuration: [%s]", qUtf8Printable(configFile));
-    qDebug("~ => '%s'", qUtf8Printable(homeLocation));
-    qDebug("~settings => '%s'", qUtf8Printable(settingsLocation));
+    qDebug("$home     | '%s'", qUtf8Printable(homeLocation));
+    qDebug("$settings | '%s'", qUtf8Printable(settingsLocation));
+    qDebug("$cache    | '%s'", qUtf8Printable(cacheLocation));
 }
 
 Settings::~Settings()
@@ -120,8 +122,11 @@ QVariant Settings::value(const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue) const
     // check if key is a path, in which case replace '~' with the home location
     if(key.endsWith(QLatin1String("path"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
         QString value = r.toString();
-        value.replace("~settings", settingsLocation);
-        value.replace('~', homeLocation);
+        while(value.contains('$')) {
+            value.replace("$settings", settingsLocation);
+            value.replace("$cache", cacheLocation);
+            value.replace("$home", homeLocation);
+        }
         r = QVariant(value);
     }