LrLogger - any simple way to specify directory for logfile output?

Question

I realize one can rewrite the log function to do whatever, but is there a way to simply specify a different directory for log output than the Lr default (documents), when using default implementation of LrLogger. - maybe config.lua?

Answer 1

John R. Ellis wrote:
The "Lightroom 4 SDK Programmers Guide", page 32, describes how to make an entry into config.lua for finding deprecated API calls.  (That's the only reference to config.lua in the Guide.)
I'll be danged - that's new in Lr4 (or at least the documentation of it is new), and a very good idea, and one I requested but assumed had been ignored. - I'm stoked. - thanks for bringing it to my attention.
And, just for the sake of completeness, this is from the api doc:
Configure loggers using the config.lua file as follows:
Create an entry for each logger of interest by specifying loggers.loggerName = {...}
Arguments in the table include logLevel and a string "fatal", "error", "warn", "info", "debug", or "trace".
For each valid log level, you can add an entry to modify the behavior of log messages for that level. For example, to log to a file, add the entry trace = 'logfile',
To specify an action for all log levels, add the entry action = 'logfile',
PS - I just solved the problem in my own plugins by using a custom log function (like in the debugging toolkit's Debug.lua).
UPDATE: sdkDeprecation.action = "{whatev}" -- needs the quotes.