On 9/2/2014 8:01 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > On 09/02/2014 06:16 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 9/2/2014 12:50 PM, Moses McKnight wrote: >>> On 09/02/2014 11:36 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> On 8/31/2014 8:35 PM, Moses McKnight wrote: >>>>> On 08/31/2014 11:07 AM, jp charras wrote: >>>>>> Le 31/08/2014 13:59, Moses McKnight a écrit : >>> <snip> >>>>>>> As I mentioned, I didn't change how it is done in Windows, so the >>>>>>> configs are still in the registry there. If desired it would be >>>>>>> trivial >>>>>>> to put them in config files in %APPADATA%\kicad as well. >>>>>>> wxConfig by >>>>>>> default uses the registry in Windows, but that can be changed >>>>>>> easily. >>>>>> I tested it on Linux and On Windows. >>>>>> It works fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> If nobody complains, I'll commit you patch soon. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Do you think it would be good to make it automatically move the old >>>>> files to the new location, or just inform the users of the need to do >>>>> that if they don't want to re-enter their settings? The file names in >>>>> ~/.config/kicad will not have the dot in front, so instead of >>>>> ".eeschema" it will be simply "eeschema". If it would be better to >>>>> still have them be dot files, I can change that. This would make >>>>> it so >>>>> the old config files could simply be moved and not have to be >>>>> re-named - >>>>> if it is done manually. >>>>> >>>>> Also, should the global fp-lib-table be moved as well? I did not look >>>>> at that one. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Moses >>>>> >>>> Moses, >>>> >>>> I don't think it's necessary to copy the old files. Most of the >>>> configuration set up is fairly trivial. If you've been using KiCad for >>>> any length of time, there probably is a lot of cruft in the config >>>> files >>>> that is no longer used. If we are going to make this change, I >>>> recommend moving fp-lib-table there as well. Splitting up the KiCad >>>> configuration files in multiple places will only confuse users. I also >>>> recommend migrating windows over to config files instead of using the >>>> registry. The global fp-lib-table file is alread in the >>>> %APPDATA%/kicad >>>> folder on windows. I'm sure there will be some grumbling but it's much >>>> easier for developers have someone send a config file than digging >>>> around the windows registry. >>>> >>>> Wayne >>> Ok, I can add that to my patch and re-send it if you want me to. I >>> haven't looked into what it would take to move the fp-lib-table, but I >>> should be able to move the windows config to %APPDATA%/kicad in a few >>> minutes of work. >>> >>> Oh, on another subject, this list is one of the few I'm on (out of >>> dozens) that does not send replies back to the list but send to the >>> poster instead. That is annoying because for this list I have to be >>> careful to hit the right button or add kicad-developers to the >>> recipients. Is there a way to make the default reply-to be the list? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Moses >>> >> I generally get mine from the mailing list. Some mail clients will >> reply to the list and the person who posted the message if the person >> replying isn't careful. I don't know if there is a configuration issue >> in play or not. >> > My Thunderbird mail client has two buttons - Reply and Reply List > > I used Reply List for this reply > > Bob G >
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