On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:59:32 +0100 Sven Barth <pascaldra...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am 07.03.2012 19:11, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd: > > Sven Barth wrote: > > > >>> A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe > >>> file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. > >>> Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of > >>> settings. > >> > >> Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any > >> Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You > >> MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different > >> configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one > >> installation which will then use the default location). > > > > When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. > > . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location > > as the binary? Yes, you can start it with ./lazarus --pcp=config Or under Windows: startlazarus --pcp=config > I don't know whether Lazarus does a "SetCurrentDir", but in Unix it will > be the directory you started it from (if from the shell) or some other > directory if started through the desktop manager (I don't know which > methods are used there, I'd even need to check what wmii - which is the > WM I use - does there ^^). It depends. Desktop shortcuts under Linux have an entry for the working directory. Similar as under Windows. > On Windows it will be the directory specified > in the shortcut (if started from a shortcut) or the current directory > (if started through cmd or by clicking the exe). > > My opinion: don't rely on the current directory if you want to locate > configuration. In theory the approach "ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0))" > could be used, but there can be problems on Unix systems with that. Yes, because of bundles, symlinks and shell extensions. The ParamStr(0) is what the user input (e.g. ~/dir/lazarus), not what file was executed. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus