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Re: Central location for LDraw prefs
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Sat, 6 Sep 2003 21:50:22 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, James Reynolds wrote:
> So I have been thinking a user should only have to edit the LDraw folder
> location once, in one app, and all other apps should use the same location.
> This is similar to com.apple.internetconfig.plist, where the system internet
> settings for mail, homepage, etc are stored. What do other developers (ok,
> Andrew) think about that?
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> How about org.ldraw.mac.folder or something?
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> Are there other settings that should be global for all LDraw applications?
The latest version of ldglite will come with a script to update
the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file with the LDRAWDIR setting.
See here for details.
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html
If you want to test the script before the release, I'm sure Tom
could email you the current version.
Don
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 | | Re: Central location for LDraw prefs
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| (...) Does this mean that my little invention, the LDRAWDIR environment string, is spread to Macs, too? Sorry for the intrusion, but this is a true ego trip, my little "child" is found in so many system settings of computers all over the world. I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
| | | Re: Central location for LDraw prefs
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| (...) Dang. So already there has to be 2 locations: ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, and Library/Preferences/*pref name* That is ok. What if we all agree that if our app changes the ldraw directory, it will change it in both places? Same with the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| So I have been thinking a user should only have to edit the LDraw folder location once, in one app, and all other apps should use the same location. This is similar to com.apple.internetconfig.plist, where the system internet settings for mail, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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