I have to agree - what is the point of making it harder to locate variables and settings that must be modified? From a user's perspective, the ideal situation is a front-end GUI "wizard" that sets everything. Short of this, having everything in one easy-to-remember location is the next best option p
Tom Willans wrote: > Hi Justin, > > I like the simplicity of having the one .ini file. A single file in a > single place easy to edit and easy to check all settings with say the > OSGRID version, or where I had a problem. I felt that this was a > strength was the simple of this approach. A single place also makes > it easy to know where and what file to check. I have also needed to > check the script engine used, avatar settings and language settings > even as a fairly new user. It is nice to have a directory into which > the examples can be stored though. > > Tom > > On 11 Mar 2009, at 21:31, Justin Clark-Casey wrote: > > >> Hello folks, >> >> I have done a preliminary split of the large OpenSim.ini.example >> file into separate files under the directory >> config.preview.donotuseyet/. None of this is yet active. >> >> The separate .ini.example files are placed in a folder structure >> under config/ rather than all in a single directory. >> Where possible the structure follows that of modules and assemblies >> in the codebase. >> >> The idea is that all the built in OpenSim defaults will match the >> contents of the .ini.example files. So where settings >> are not given, the builtins can be safely used. This means that >> the main bin/OpenSim.ini is reduced to only the >> settings that 95% of people use (at the moment, [Startup], >> [Network], [StandAlone]). >> >> If you did want to change one of the more advanced settings in >> config/, then you would copy (or rename) that file to >> .ini or copy and paste the settings to bin/OpenSim.ini. For >> example, the file >> >> user/chat/chat.ini.example >> >> contains only the in world chat configuration parameters. If you >> wanted to change the whisper distance to 100m you >> would copy this file to >> >> user/chat/chat.ini >> >> and edit the setting. All .ini files in the config/ directory will >> get picked up by OpenSim in addition to bin/OpenSim.ini >> >> Please tell me what you think. Expressions of agreement are as >> welcome as constructive criticism. This restructuring >> is largely unrelated to other --inimaster, etc. discussions. >> >> -- >> justincc >> Justin Clark-Casey >> http://justincc.wordpress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > -- Paul Fishwick, PhD Professor and Director, Digital Arts and Sciences Programs University of Florida Computer & Information Science and Eng. Dept. Bldg. CSE, Room 301 P.O. Box 116120 Gainesville, FL 32611 Email: [email protected] Phone: (352) 392-1414 Fax: (352) 392-1220 Web: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
