changed logfile and config file location,

removed unused entries in menu,
added entry that opens logfile folder

MultiTerm.Wpf/App.xaml.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Common.AppSettings;
 using MultiTerm.Protocols.Helpers;
 using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Messaging;
 using Common;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace MultiTerm.Wpf;
 
@@ -21,14 +22,21 @@ public partial class App : Application
 
     public App()
     {
+        // create folder in appdata if it does not exist
+        if (Directory.Exists(Common.BaseAppDataDirectory) == false) 
+        {
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Common.BaseAppDataDirectory);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Common.LogFilesDirectory);
+        }
+
         // create dependency injection host
         AppHost = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
             .ConfigureServices((hostContext, services) =>
             {
                 services.AddSingleton<MainWindow>();
                 services.AddSingleton<IContext>(new WpfContext());
-                services.AddSingleton<ILogger>(new SerilogLogger("C:/log/multiterm-log-.txt", true));
-                services.AddSingleton<IAppSettingsProvider>(new XmlAppSettingsProvider("C:/log/multiterm-config.xml"));
+                services.AddSingleton<ILogger>(new SerilogLogger($"{Common.LogFilesDirectory}/{Common.LogFileName}", true));
+                services.AddSingleton<IAppSettingsProvider>(new XmlAppSettingsProvider(Common.ConfigFilePath));
                 services.AddSingleton<IMessenger, WeakReferenceMessenger>();
 
                 // viewmodels

MultiTerm.Wpf/Common.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MultiTerm.Wpf;
+
+static internal class Common
+{
+    private const string folderName = "MultiTerm";
+    private const string logfileFolderName = "logs";
+    private const string configFileName = "multiterm-config.xml";
+
+    private static readonly string appDataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Base directory path for all app data of this application
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly string BaseAppDataDirectory = $"{appDataPath}/{folderName}/";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Full path of config file incl. file name and extension.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly string ConfigFilePath = $"{BaseAppDataDirectory}/{configFileName}";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Directory path where logfiles are stored.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly string LogFilesDirectory = $"{appDataPath}/{folderName}/{logfileFolderName}/";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Logfile name incl. extension.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string LogFileName = "multiterm-log-.txt";
+}

MultiTerm.Wpf/View/ShellView.xaml

@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@
 
     <DockPanel>
         <Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top" FontSize="14">
-            <MenuItem Header="_File"/>
-            <MenuItem Header="_Edit">
+            <!--<MenuItem Header="_File"/>-->
+            <!--<MenuItem Header="_Edit">
                 <MenuItem Header="_Copy" InputGestureText="Ctrl + C">
-                    <!-- <MenuItem.Icon>  // TODO 
+                    --><!-- <MenuItem.Icon>  // TODO 
                        <Image Width="16" Height="16" Source="copy.png"/> 
-                    </MenuItem.Icon>-->
+                    </MenuItem.Icon>--><!--
                 </MenuItem>
                 <MenuItem Header="_Paste" InputGestureText="Ctrl + P">
-                    <!-- <MenuItem.Icon>  // TODO 
+                    --><!-- <MenuItem.Icon>  // TODO 
                        <Image Width="16" Height="16" Source="paste.png"/> 
-                    </MenuItem.Icon>-->
-                </MenuItem>
+                    </MenuItem.Icon>--><!--
                 </MenuItem>
+            </MenuItem>-->
             <MenuItem Header="_Settings">
                 <controls:SingleSelectSubMenu Title="Default Data Display Newline Separator" HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" VerticalContentAlignment="Top"
                           OptionsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource NewlineSeparatorTypeValues}}"
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@
                           SelectedMenuItem="{Binding DefaultSendNewlineSeparator, Mode=TwoWay, Converter={StaticResource EnumDescriptionConverter}}">
                 </controls:SingleSelectSubMenu>
             </MenuItem>
-            <MenuItem Header="_View"/>
-            <MenuItem Header="_About"/>
+            <!--<MenuItem Header="_View"/>-->
+            <MenuItem Header="_Help">
+                <MenuItem Header="Logfiles" Click="MenuItem_Logfiles_Click"/>
+                <!--<MenuItem Header="About MultiTerm"/>-->
+            </MenuItem>
         </Menu>
 
         <!-- Bottom status bar with separator -->

MultiTerm.Wpf/View/ShellView.xaml.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using MultiTerm.Core.ViewModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 
 namespace MultiTerm.Wpf.View;
@@ -33,4 +35,16 @@ public partial class ShellView : UserControl
             e.Handled = true;
         }
     }
+
+    private void MenuItem_Logfiles_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // exit if logfile directory does not exist
+        if (Directory.Exists(Common.LogFilesDirectory) == false) { return; }
+
+        // open logfiles folder
+        Process ExplorerWindowProcess = new Process();
+        ExplorerWindowProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
+        ExplorerWindowProcess.StartInfo.FileName = @$"{Common.LogFilesDirectory}";
+        ExplorerWindowProcess.Start();
+    }
 }