Hi Thomas, I will check with others and let you know.
Best regards, Alexandre Neto A terça, 13/07/2021, 07:08, Thomas B <rdbath.regiod...@gmail.com> escreveu: > Hi Alexandre, > > >>This is some old stuff we wrote at Boundless, I believe it still > applies for QGIS today. > >> > https://boundless-desktop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/system_admins/index.html#for-system-administrators > >>Both initialisation scripts and global setting file can help you > with what you want to achieve. > > The initialisation scripts could be useful. But they don't seem to be > merged into the QGIS repository yet. > > regards, > Thomas > > > Am Mo., 12. Juli 2021 um 10:54 Uhr schrieb Alexandre Neto < > senhor.n...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi Bo, >> >> This is some old stuff we wrote at Boundless, I believe it still applies >> for QGIS today. >> >> >> https://boundless-desktop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/system_admins/index.html#for-system-administrators >> >> Both initialisation scripts and global setting file can help you with >> what you want to achieve. >> >> (I should make sure this information is available on docs.qgis.org, but >> I never find the time to do it...) >> >> Best regards, >> >> Alexandre Neto >> User Support >> www.qcooperative.net >> >> A segunda, 12/07/2021, 08:34, Bo Victor Thomsen < >> bo.victor.thom...@gmail.com> escreveu: >> >>> Hi Thomas - >>> >>> Your suggestion is actually pretty close to the solution I made - >>> >>> - Standard installation of QGIS with *standard* .msi package. >>> - After the QGIS installation and before QGIS is started the user do >>> a one-time run a Python script from et central network drive - using the >>> Python interpreter installed together with QGIS which: >>> - Unzip a complete profile with specific plugins and customized >>> parameters from a central network based repository. This profile >>> replaces >>> the standard "default" profile. >>> - Search/replace a couple of "tokenized" values in QGIS.ini with >>> actual values based on username >>> >>> The profile and tokenized QGIS.ini is prepared by the GIS administrator >>> >>> The Python script is packaged in a .cmd file which is started by the >>> user. >>> >>> Not a perfect solution, but doable: >>> >>> - The It department is happy: No work doing specialized installations >>> - The GIS administrator is happy. It's a one-time piece of work for >>> each QGIS version to prepare the profile and tokenize the QGIS.ini >>> - The user is - somewhat - happy. To finish the installation is >>> simply to double-click once on a file placed in a "highly visible" >>> location. >>> - Any subsequent mistakes made by the user (Installation of dodgy >>> plugins, strange changes in setups ....) is easily repaired by running >>> the >>> Python script again. >>> >>> >>> Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards >>> >>> Bo Victor Thomsen >>> >>> Den 12-07-2021 kl. 03:14 skrev Thomas Gratier: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not aware QSettings provided by Qt can do it. Your %APPDATA% is not >>> portable as would only work on Windows >>> >>> You can always try generate the QGIS.ini file using a templating system >>> >>> File QGIS.ini.j2 with following content >>> >>> >>> Configuration\MODELS_FOLDER={{APPDATA}}\\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\models >>> >>> Configuration\SCRIPTS_FOLDERS={{APPDATA}}\\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\scripts >>> >>> >>> File generate_ini.py with following content >>> >>> import os >>> import jinja2 >>> >>> templateLoader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath="./") >>> templateEnv = jinja2.Environment(loader=templateLoader) >>> TEMPLATE_FILE = "QGIS.ini.j2" >>> template = templateEnv.get_template(TEMPLATE_FILE) >>> mydict = { >>> "APPDATA": os.environ.get("APPDATA") >>> } >>> outputText = template.render(**mydict) >>> with open('QGIS.ini', 'w') as outputfile: >>> outputfile.write(outputText) >>> >>> Then, to write your QGIS.ini file, do >>> >>> >>> python3 generate_ini.py >>> >>> >>> The possible deal breakers with this approach are: >>> - you depend from jinja2, a third party Python library, >>> - you can't later reuse the mechanism if for instance QGIS changes the >>> QGIS.ini file later on >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Thomas >>> >>> >>> Le mar. 6 juil. 2021 à 09:18, Bo Victor Thomsen < >>> bo.victor.thom...@gmail.com> a écrit : >>> >>>> To the list - >>>> >>>> Is there a method to use OS (Linux, Windows...) environment variables >>>> in the QGIS.ini setup file ? >>>> >>>> I had a number of customers asking for a method to "generalize" >>>> QGIS.ini, so it doesn't contain any "user" specific file and directory >>>> references, i.e >>>> >>>> (From qgis.ini) >>>> >>>> Configuration\MODELS_FOLDER=*C:\\Users\\Bo Victor >>>> Thomsen\\AppData\\Roaming* >>>> \\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\models >>>> Configuration\SCRIPTS_FOLDERS=*C:\\Users\\Bo Victor >>>> Thomsen\\AppData\\Roaming* >>>> \\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\scripts >>>> >>>> could be: >>>> >>>> Configuration\MODELS_FOLDER=*%APPDATA%* >>>> \\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\models >>>> Configuration\SCRIPTS_FOLDERS=*%APPDATA%* >>>> \\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\processing\\scripts >>>> >>>> or likewise. >>>> >>>> The ultimate reason is to have a method to distribute a "standard" >>>> setup for QGIS, complete with plugins and specialized setup parameters. >>>> This can be done by making a standard QGIS installation (which the IT >>>> departments love, especially with the new .msi package) and afterwards >>>> replace the "default" profile directory with at directory specific for the >>>> organisation. However, the process of making the new profile will place a >>>> lot of file/directory references in QGIS.ini that is specific for the >>>> super-user developing the new profile. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards >>>> >>>> Bo Victor Thomsen >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>>> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >
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