On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:12:58 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >> Can both files contain the same set of variables? > > Yes, but the gtk one will get overwritten, so anything that gtk/core > doesn't understand shouldn't go in there. > >> Which file takes precedence in case of conflicting values? > > Good question. Try one and see >
I tried width rat-thickness: If rat-thickness is set in both files, the value in .pcb/preferences is taken. If rat-thickness is set in .pcb/settings only, it is written to .pcb/preferences at the end of the pcb session. There seems to be no way to set this property via the GTK-GUI. All combined, this means, rat-thickness needs to be set manually in .pcb/preferences while no pcb session is active. If this attribute is set in .pcb/settings, it will be ignored, unless this line was deliberately removed from .pcb/preferences. If all settings are treated like this, all the variables the GTK-HID writes to .pcb/preferences, will be ignored in .pcb.settings. This affects all the settings in the preference dialog and in addition some like rat-thickness. The remaining settings have to be set in .pcb/settings, because pcb would overwrite them in .pcb/preferences on exit. This seems pretty confusing, if not user-unfriendly. Why does pcb use two config files in the first place? ---<(kaimartin)>--- _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
