Hi Jeff

No I don't have anything against your tweaks, they are logical, I planned to put Settings / Log Files / Export in User Space, as for the Templates it's really more complicated since they are part of the application, a bit like plugins, they can of course be in the User Space, but there are a lot of stuff to consider doing that ( Installation and Deployement on the different OS, what happen when you need to Update, etc ).
Those questions are part of what I'll try to answer when I refactor / improve the code, I have kind of roadmap, with a Mini Plan with features I'll do for sIBL_GUI 2.5, this pan will comprise those User Spaces needs.
And after that I have my Big Plan where I'll probably rewrite 90% of the Software, it will be certainly Python 3 and I have eventually thought about changing my Qt Bind with PySide. I'm learning tricks and stuff everyday in Python, there are things I did, I would not do now or not the same way.
As for the merge, I think it will no happen with a release immediatly, because I'm too flooded and pressured at work, and when I get home, I don't have the willing to spend more time coding my stuff. But I want to let you know that I'm f$$king happy that you do that code tweak to fit your needs.
That's why sIBL_GUI is open source, even if legally I have to put the code since I'm using Qt with it's GPL license, I could have bought a license and keep everything for me, price is a bit expensive, but when you spend so much time on something, it's affordable in the end

No I have thought about this for long enough, Open Source is the good way

Everybody can fit the tool to his needs, if I don't wanna continue, someone can take the flag etc, and the project don't disappear in Shadows

Keep it up !
KS