Let's postpone this discussion maybe until the 10th when Wayne is back at it.
On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 10:33 PM Mark Roszko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > So with 5.0 approaching theres something of an annoying problem on > windows (that many are complaining about). The install location! > Currently, even though you can install kicad into separate folders if > you wanted to, kicad still tries to write to the same appdata folder! > > Why would you want both the new and old? Because if you want to tweak > a old design, you don't want to risk opening it in newer versions and > having unforseen bugs. New designs sure, you really want to use the > latest and greatest, but the old is a risk not worth taking, > especially in the commercial field ;) > > Also there is a settings conflicts between 4.0 and 5.0 sharing appdata. > > I've seen some kicad forum "workarounds" where they use launcher > scripts that set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME each time. While it works, its > completely against the windows way :3 > > > What I propose, is we patch KiCad a little to: > > 1. Write to appdata in a versioned manner (just minor and maybe minor > version) > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 4.0\ > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 5.0\ > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 6.0\ > > 2. Potentially prompt the user on first-start to copy settings. > (Maybe? Might be too much work for the final 5.0) > > Then we patch the installer to follow the convention of: > C:\Program Files\KiCad 4.0\ > C:\Program Files\KiCad 5.0\ > C:\Program Files\KiCad 6.0\ > > This would do what every other CAD and IDE does on Windows (versioned > installs). > > But what if people want to install in crazier ways ?! > Well then that should beyond the scope of the "standard" installs and > they are on their own. (Just like other tools) > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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