[Mne_analysis] mne-python config file path could not be determined...

[Alexandre Gramfort]

hi Peter,

> I'm using mne as part of a browser-based web application - it is using the
> Django framework.

sounds exciting !

> Development is done using a built-in web server. Yesterday
> I moved the application to Apache but I am getting an error (see  below).
>
> I can see why the error is occurring - mne utils.py is attempting to open a
> config file that is located at $HOME/.mne/mne-python.json but $HOME doesn't
> seem to be set in the Apache environment, hence the error.
>
> Has anyone had a similar experience using Apache?

I doubt it.

What we could do is to support an environment variable eg. MNE_CONFIG_DIR
that defaults to $HOME but can be overwritten by the user. Would that help?

out of curiosity do you plan to open this code? what is the context of
this work?

Best,
Alex