On 9/5/2014 10:56 PM, Moses McKnight wrote: > On 09/05/2014 04:31 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I just committed Moses' configuration file relocation patch in r5114. >> >> On Linux the configuration files are now located in $HOME/.config/kicad >> per the FreeDesktop.org specification. To preserve you current >> settings, you can move the kicad configuration files for your $HOME >> folder to the new location. You must drop the leading . from the file >> name. You must also move the fp-lib-table file. You will have to make >> copies of these files if you plan on using any version of kicad prior to >> r5114. >> >> Sorry windows users but you will have to reconfigure KiCad. There was >> no easy way to extract the registry keys into configuration files. The >> configuration files on Windows will be saved in the same folder as >> fp-lib-table which is %APPDATA%\kicad. You may want to clean the kicad >> cruft from the registry if your not going to use any versions of kicad >> prior to r5114. >> >> There should be no change for OSX users. > > Hi Wayne, I'm pretty sure this is not true? I just dug through the > wxWidgets source, and it looks like before wxFileConfig wrote the files > on OSX in ~/Library/Preferences, but they now go in > ~/Library/Preferences/kicad. > > It appears the same was true for fp-lib-table. As such, the patch I had > come up with for the library install is attached to this email. I had > not sent it before because I was not certain the new config location for > OSX was the best place, and then kind of forgot about it. > > Thanks, Moses
Thanks for the heads up. Will someone who knows where the configuration files on OSX are supposed to go according to Apple's guideline please confirm this before I apply any more patches? > >> Can someone please apply the attached patch to the library install in >> the github repo so the fp-lib-table file gets installed in the correct >> path by anyone using the kicad-install.sh script. >> >> Thank you Moses for contributing to KiCad. >> >> Sorry about the inconvenience but this change fixes the $HOME folder >> configuration file pollution on Linux and removing the configuration >> from the Windows registry which both users and developers have been >> pushing for. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
