[Feature Request] Store settings in a different path about masterplan HOT 5 CLOSED

hmm, working directory is kinda the expected behavior. Maybe it should be changed to find the directory master plan is in and put itself there. Additionally, probably rename it to masterplan-settings.json to avoid accidental conflicts?

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Shouldn't settings be relative to the masterplan executable?

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That would be ideal, yes. Since you said that, though, I did a bit of further testing.

If run through itch.io's launcher, or directly from within the directory where the executable is located, it creates the settings.json file in the masterplan directory. However, if run from anywhere else, it creates the settings.json file in the current working directory. If run through a launcher in the menu of a desktop environment, the current working directory happens to be the home directory, so MasterPlan's settings.json file gets created there.

That's how I initially noticed this behavior: I didn't want to launch MasterPlan through itch, so I made a shortcut to it in my menu, and then noticed that settings.json wound up in my home directory, which was unexpected.

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Whoops, this should always be MasterPlan's main directory. I'll change things around~

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Pull request #40 makes use of XDG Base Directory Specification, so the config would go to ~/.config/MasterPlan/settings.json, like @kforney originally suggested.

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