Changes that will (hopefully) make rbot work directly from the SVN checkout

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/rbot/rbotconfig.rb b/lib/rbot/rbotconfig.rb
index 226f687e..01f66307 100644
--- a/lib/rbot/rbotconfig.rb
+++ b/lib/rbot/rbotconfig.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
 module Irc
   module Config
     @@datadir = nil
+
+    # first try for the default path to the data dir    
+    defaultdir = File.expand_path(File.dirname($0) + '/../data')
+
+    if File.directory? "#{defaultdir}/rbot"
+      @@datadir = "#{defaultdir}/rbot"
+    end
+    
     # setup pkg-based configuration - i.e. where were we installed to, where
     # are our data files, etc.
-    begin
-      debug "trying to load rubygems"
-      require 'rubygems'
-      debug "loaded rubygems, looking for rbot-#$version"
-      gemname, gem = Gem.source_index.find{|name, spec| spec.name == 'rbot' && spec.version.version == $version}
-      debug "got gem #{gem}"
-      if gem && path = gem.full_gem_path
-        debug "installed via rubygems to #{path}"
-        @@datadir = "#{path}/data/rbot"
-      else
-        debug "not installed via rubygems"
+    if @@datadir.nil?
+      begin
+        debug "trying to load rubygems"
+        require 'rubygems'
+        debug "loaded rubygems, looking for rbot-#$version"
+        gemname, gem = Gem.source_index.find{|name, spec| spec.name == 'rbot' && spec.version.version == $version}
+        debug "got gem #{gem}"
+        if gem && path = gem.full_gem_path
+          debug "installed via rubygems to #{path}"
+          @@datadir = "#{path}/data/rbot"
+        else
+          debug "not installed via rubygems"
+        end
+      rescue LoadError,NameError,NoMethodError
+        debug "no rubygems installed"
       end
-    rescue LoadError,NameError,NoMethodError
-      debug "no rubygems installed"
     end
 
     if @@datadir.nil?