Ok that makes sense. Everything goes in --configpath is set else use --optionspath.
Currently it doesn't work on Linux or others so it's just a bug in the code. --configpath works in the sense of setting the path for ~./qgis but not for the ini files. As this is a bug fix any -1s from anyone to add this in before 1.8 is released? - Nathan On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Martin Dobias <wonder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nathan > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to understand when one would use --configpath vs --optionspath. >> I understand that --configpath can be set the path to look for things >> like python plugins etc but optionspath seems to do nothing. > > The idea behind --configpath is to use the given path for everything > user-specific, that is: > 1. QSettings configuration (into .ini file in that path) > 2. anything that normally appears under ~/.qgis > > The --optionspath overrides just the QSettings part - and probably it > should be removed since the --configpath seems to be what people want > to use. > >> Even when set the settings >> are still stored in the registry in windows. In the code they both seem to >> be doing the same thing in two different places (lines, 318, 421, 484 >> in main.cpp) : >> >> QSettings::setPath( QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope, argv[++i] ); >> >> which doesn't seem to do anything unless you also use: >> >> QSettings::setDefaultFormat( QSettings::IniFormat ); >> >> so that you have: >> >> QSettings::setDefaultFormat( QSettings::IniFormat ); >> QSettings::setPath( QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope, argv[++i] ); >> >> I added the setDefaultFormat line for all three cases >> (https://gist.github.com/2764906) >> but now if you supply configpath it will create the ini in the config >> path rather then the >> optionspath. >> >> I'm just wondering what the correct behaviour is meant to be. >> >> Is configpath meant to just set the location for the python plugins, >> etc, and optionspath >> meant to set the path to the ini file? If this is the case I have a >> patch ready to commit >> to fix this. > > Looks like a bug to me. Probably it was tested just on Linux which > uses IniFormat by default... > > Martin _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
