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Re: Central location for LDraw prefs
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:18:09 GMT
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James Reynolds wrote:
> > Unless I'm misunderstanding, I think you would be much better off if you drop
> > ".ldrawdir" from the plist filename above. That way the file can contain other
> > settings in the future in addition to the LDRAWDIR setting you have now. Or put
> > something else in place of ".ldrawdir" (".apps"?). I don't know anything about
> > the Mac OS X preference heirarchy, but I don't think it's a good idea to have a
> > separate plist file for each setting. (Surely Apple doesn't encourage this, do
> > they?)
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> No, Apple doesn't encourage that. And you are right, it shouldn't be named
> org.ldraw.ldrawdir.plist.
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> Most preferences for a single application are stored in a single file. Some
> applications use entire folders (especially web browsers--so they can have a
> cache, history, bookmarks, etc).
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> There are a few preferences that are shared amongst many applications. Notably,
> all internet applications use com.apple.internetconfig.plist. They share prefs
> like <key>Home Folder</key><string>http://www.ldraw.org</string> and other
> global stuff like that.
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> The other notable applications that share a pref file are iMovie, iTunes,
> iPhoto, and iDVD. They share com.apple.iapps.plist. That file contains the
> paths of resources that the other apps can use like, "path to iPhoto library",
> "path to iTunes library", etc.,.
>
> So how about:
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> org.ldraw.apps.plist
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> or
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> org.ldraw.mac.plist
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> or even just
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> org.ldraw.plist
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> The name of the preference file and the name of the ldraw folder key doesn't
> matter to me.
>
> I am mainly doing this because right now there is BrickDraw3D, MBC, L3P
> Launcher, LDView, and I am working on getting LCX public presentable. That is
> alot of apps to tell where the ldraw folder is located.
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> To get LCX public presentable, I have to add a pref pane that lets the user pick
> the ldraw folder. And I figured I should make it a global preference.
>
> Now you know why I brought this up! ;)
When you say "pref pane" do you mean a "PreferencePane" that goes into
"System Preferences...", or do you mean just a way to set the
preferences from a dialog box opened by selecting "Preferences..." from
the application's "Application" menu? I hope you mean the latter and not
the former. I don't think the LDRAWDIR directory is universally
important enough to merit a Preference Pane. Just my 2¢.
Chris
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