Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Martin schrieb: Storing config in the app dir IMHO is not a good idea (btw older Lazarus did do that.) Most modern OS have guidelines t say otherwise. On linux users can not write to that dir at all. On Windows it would currently work, because lazarus is nt in "Program Files" folder => once

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Flávio Etrusco schrieb: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Sven Barth schrieb: 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store its known packages, true, but Lazarus basically does the same for its installed packages in its XML files that are stored in e.g. %APPDATA%\la

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Marcos Douglas
2011/9/14 Flávio Etrusco : > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Martin wrote: >> On 14/09/2011 10:05, Sven Barth wrote: >>> >>> On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: Storing config in the app dir IMHO is not a good idea (btw older Lazarus did do that.) Most modern OS have guidelines

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Marcos Douglas
2011/9/14 Flávio Etrusco : > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Sven Barth > wrote: >> On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: >>> >>> On 14/09/2011 04:31, Flávio Etrusco wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > > Sven Barth schrieb: >> >> 2.

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Martin wrote: > On 14/09/2011 10:05, Sven Barth wrote: >> >> On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: >>> >>> Storing config in the app dir IMHO is not a good idea (btw older Lazarus >>> did do that.) >>> Most modern OS have guidelines t say otherwise. >>> >>> On linux u

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Martin
On 14/09/2011 10:05, Sven Barth wrote: On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: Storing config in the app dir IMHO is not a good idea (btw older Lazarus did do that.) Most modern OS have guidelines t say otherwise. On linux users can not write to that dir at all. On Windows it would currently work, b

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Sven Barth wrote: > On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: >> >> On 14/09/2011 04:31, Flávio Etrusco wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich >>> wrote: Sven Barth schrieb: > > 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Sven Barth
On 14.09.2011 10:54, Martin wrote: On 14/09/2011 04:31, Flávio Etrusco wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Sven Barth schrieb: 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store its known packages, true, but Lazarus basically does the same for its installed packages

Re: [Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-14 Thread Martin
On 14/09/2011 04:31, Flávio Etrusco wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Sven Barth schrieb: 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store its known packages, true, but Lazarus basically does the same for its installed packages in its XML files that are stored i

[Lazarus] Automatic handling of multiple Lazarus installation - user configuration folder (Was: Re: Search paths per platform)

2011-09-13 Thread Flávio Etrusco
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > Sven Barth schrieb: > >> 2. Delphi uses the Windows Registry to store its known packages, true, but >> Lazarus basically does the same for its installed packages in its XML files >> that are stored in e.g. %APPDATA%\lazarus or ~/.laza