On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Maybe some simplification is possible.


Some people may indeed be able to simplify how they use settings files.
However, changing the present scheme would not be a good idea--it would
likely force people to change their settings files.  This I really don't
want to do unless there is an extremely good reason, which imo there is not.

>
> What is the rationale for 'leoSettings.leo' in home or local?
> I would consider config in those locations to be, by definition, mine.


I don't remember, except that somebody, maybe even you, wanted the
flexibility.

>
> Come to think of it, what is the need for both names, leoSettings.leo
> and myLeoSettings.leo?


It's not fruitful to focus on the itty-bitty details.  The big picture is
that we want at least the following kinds of settings:

- Per-installation or per-machine settings.
- Per-user settings.
- Per-folder settings.
- Per-file settings.

myLeoSettings.leo exists primarily to support per-user settings, but the
search order allows either leoSettings.leo or  myLeoSettings.leo to be
pressed into service.

Edward

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