Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Am 07.03.2012 19:11, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd: Sven Barth wrote: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location as the binary? I don't know whether Lazarus does a SetCurrentDir, but in Unix it will be the directory you started it from (if from the shell) or some other directory if started through the desktop manager (I don't know which methods are used there, I'd even need to check what wmii - which is the WM I use - does there ^^). On Windows it will be the directory specified in the shortcut (if started from a shortcut) or the current directory (if started through cmd or by clicking the exe). My opinion: don't rely on the current directory if you want to locate configuration. In theory the approach ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) could be used, but there can be problems on Unix systems with that. Regards, Sven -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:59:32 +0100 Sven Barth pascaldra...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 07.03.2012 19:11, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd: Sven Barth wrote: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location as the binary? Yes, you can start it with ./lazarus --pcp=config Or under Windows: startlazarus --pcp=config I don't know whether Lazarus does a SetCurrentDir, but in Unix it will be the directory you started it from (if from the shell) or some other directory if started through the desktop manager (I don't know which methods are used there, I'd even need to check what wmii - which is the WM I use - does there ^^). It depends. Desktop shortcuts under Linux have an entry for the working directory. Similar as under Windows. On Windows it will be the directory specified in the shortcut (if started from a shortcut) or the current directory (if started through cmd or by clicking the exe). My opinion: don't rely on the current directory if you want to locate configuration. In theory the approach ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) could be used, but there can be problems on Unix systems with that. Yes, because of bundles, symlinks and shell extensions. The ParamStr(0) is what the user input (e.g. ~/dir/lazarus), not what file was executed. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:11:40 + Mark Morgan Lloyd markmll.laza...@telemetry.co.uk wrote: Sven Barth wrote: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location as the binary? Have the developers ever considered allowing a macro expansion in the filename? Many values support macros. The LazarusDirectory not. Maybe some macros can be allowed. The fixed ones like version and env. Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:11:40 + Mark Morgan Lloyd markmll.laza...@telemetry.co.uk wrote: Sven Barth wrote: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location as the binary? Have the developers ever considered allowing a macro expansion in the filename? Many values support macros. The LazarusDirectory not. Maybe some macros can be allowed. The fixed ones like version and env. I think what would be really useful would be a redirect, i.e. the IDE first looks at e.g. ~/.lazarus and if it sees ~/.lazarus/redirect it expands macros in the line it contains to have the same effect as -pcp. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
On 08/03/2012 15:57, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I think what would be really useful would be a redirect, i.e. the IDE first looks at e.g. ~/.lazarus and if it sees ~/.lazarus/redirect it expands macros in the line it contains to have the same effect as -pcp. The version as macro on the path, will break if people update that installation And it does not help, if you have twice the same version -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Martin wrote: On 08/03/2012 15:57, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: I think what would be really useful would be a redirect, i.e. the IDE first looks at e.g. ~/.lazarus and if it sees ~/.lazarus/redirect it expands macros in the line it contains to have the same effect as -pcp. The version as macro on the path, will break if people update that installation But things already do break if moving between versions- I might be moving over a more extreme span than most (in order to be able to compile for GTK etc.) but I fairly regularly find myself deleting ~/.lazarus. And it does not help, if you have twice the same version If the redirect file contains a single line like ~/.lazarus-$LAZVER-$FPCVER the worst that will happen is that the user will have to consent to it being created from a template. -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Hi All, Is it possible to have more than one installation of Lazarus, in multiple directories? I am effectively thinking of having as follows: c:\lazarus (this will be the latest stable release) c:\lazarus-svn (this will be the latest svn update) Is it simply ok to have the above, or is there registry issues to worry about? Thanks in advance. Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com hat am 7. März 2012 um 16:03 geschrieben: Hi All, Is it possible to have more than one installation of Lazarus, in multiple directories? I am effectively thinking of having as follows: c:\lazarus (this will be the latest stable release) c:\lazarus-svn (this will be the latest svn update) Is it simply ok to have the above, or is there registry issues to worry about? Lazarus does not use the registry, it uses a directory where it stores its config files. This is called the primary config path. When you start the IDE pass as command line parameter --pcp=. For example lazarus.exe --pcp=C:\lazarus-svn\config Mattias -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
2012/3/7 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de ** Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com hat am 7. März 2012 um 16:03 geschrieben: Hi All, Is it possible to have more than one installation of Lazarus, in multiple directories? I am effectively thinking of having as follows: c:\lazarus (this will be the latest stable release) c:\lazarus-svn (this will be the latest svn update) Is it simply ok to have the above, or is there registry issues to worry about? Lazarus does not use the registry, it uses a directory where it stores its config files. This is called the primary config path. When you start the IDE pass as command line parameter --pcp=. For example lazarus.exe --pcp=C:\lazarus-svn\config Thanks Mattias, that's great. Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
2012/3/7 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de ** Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com hat am 7. März 2012 um 16:03 geschrieben: Hi All, Is it possible to have more than one installation of Lazarus, in multiple directories? I am effectively thinking of having as follows: c:\lazarus (this will be the latest stable release) c:\lazarus-svn (this will be the latest svn update) Is it simply ok to have the above, or is there registry issues to worry about? Lazarus does not use the registry, it uses a directory where it stores its config files. This is called the primary config path. When you start the IDE pass as command line parameter --pcp=. For example lazarus.exe --pcp=C:\lazarus-svn\config A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Richard -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Am 07.03.2012 16:48, schrieb Richard Mace: 2012/3/7 Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de mailto:nc-gaert...@netcologne.de __ Richard Mace richard.m...@gmail.com mailto:richard.m...@gmail.com hat am 7. März 2012 um 16:03 geschrieben: Hi All, Is it possible to have more than one installation of Lazarus, in multiple directories? I am effectively thinking of having as follows: c:\lazarus (this will be the latest stable release) c:\lazarus-svn (this will be the latest svn update) Is it simply ok to have the above, or is there registry issues to worry about? Lazarus does not use the registry, it uses a directory where it stores its config files. This is called the primary config path. When you start the IDE pass as command line parameter --pcp=. For example lazarus.exe --pcp=C:\lazarus-svn\config A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). Regards, Sven -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Richard Mace schrieb: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Create a desktop icon for every version, and add the desired -pcp option to it. DoDi -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Multiple installations of Lazarus
Sven Barth wrote: A further question Mattias, if I just run the individual lazarus.exe file in it's corresponding directory, I presume that would also be fine. Although, I appreciate that I would have 2 completely seperate sets of settings. Without any parameters the settings are saved in %APPDATA%, so any Lazarus would use/overwrite the settings of the other Lazarus. You MUST pass the pcp parameter to all installations if you want different configurations (Note: You can leave out the parameter for one installation which will then use the default location). When Lazarus reads the config file, what is the current directory (i.e. . in unix and Windows)? Could this be used to specify the same location as the binary? Have the developers ever considered allowing a macro expansion in the filename? -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
