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Re: ldraw.ini location
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Date: 
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:38:10 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > I think we, as developers, should decide a standard location for the ldraw.ini
> > on each platform.  It's simply too confusing to have many different locations.
> > 
> > I propose:
> > Windows:
> > %APPDATA%\ldraw\ldraw.ini
> > (this is where Microsoft tells you to put such things as INI files)
> > 
> > Mac:
> > $HOME/Library/Preferences/org.ldraw.plist
> > (preferred since root access is not required)
> > 
> > Linux:
> > No clue as I don't have a Linux box to play with.
> 
> A little more on this.  Upon musing I feel that the Mac platform should use the
> .ini format and not the .plist format.
> 
> -Orion

What is in this file?

Allen



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  Re: ldraw.ini location
 
(...) It provides a file in a standard location for programs to look up the LDraw base path and other assorted paths including search paths. Lars summed it up quite well: The ldraw.ini file is a containing LDraw configuration information. An (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: ldraw.ini location
 
(...) A little more on this. Upon musing I feel that the Mac platform should use the .ini format and not the .plist format. -Orion (18 years ago, 22-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad)

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