Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2013-03-19 Thread HAUBOURG
: qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org Objet : Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master Hey, Wouldn't the new behavior be better as everything is stored in one place. This is not a bug pre se because before it was leaving the settings in the registry which makes it hard

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2013-03-18 Thread Régis Haubourg
Hi there, A up to that topic since feature freeze is almost there (sorry I didn't realize my need earlier). My corp is using -- configpath option to move profiles to Windows Server 2008 official location (/AppData/Roaming) so that profiles can be centralized for all servers. We have .qgis moved,

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2013-03-18 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Hey, Wouldn't the new behavior be better as everything is stored in one place. This is not a bug pre se because before it was leaving the settings in the registry which makes it hard/impossible to make a sandboxed QGIS run environment. What we might need to do is come up with some better

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-27 Thread haubourg
Hi All, haubourg wrote 2- a true bug: configpath option doesn't work when trying to install a plugin, I always have ImportError: No module named MYPLUGINNAME: More on this, it seems that a \ is considered as an escape character in path reading somewhere with python plugin initializing

[Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread haubourg
Hi, I'm testing --configpath option in master and 1.8. Behaviour is different (Windows): - 1.8: using -- configpath option moves only profile (.qgis. gdal param, etc). Qsettings stay in system location (registry for Windows) - 1.9: using -- configpath moves profile + registry. Is that normal

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread Nathan Woodrow
The current 1.9 master is the correct behavior. It is designed so that you can have a portable self contained settings folder. This enables it to be run from a USB without touching the users registry. - Nathan On 23 Nov 2012 01:02, haubourg regis.haubo...@eau-adour-garonne.fr wrote: Hi, I'm

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread haubourg
More on the topic: 1- configpath option prevents to use environnement variable QGIS_PLUGINPATH (allowing to have some other locations for plugin storage, in a shared directory for example). a feature request? 2- a true bug: configpath option doesn't work when trying to install a plugin, I always

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread haubourg
Thanks Nathan, it helps me designing the right target. What about the two issues I encounter (plugin install and QGIS_PLUGINPATH not used) ? Régis -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/commandline-startup-option-changed-in-master-tp5018190p5018197.html Sent from

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread Nathan Woodrow
I have not run into those issues but will test tomorrow. - sent from a tablet device that isn't an iPad On 23 Nov 2012 01:12, haubourg regis.haubo...@eau-adour-garonne.fr wrote: Thanks Nathan, it helps me designing the right target. What about the two issues I encounter (plugin install and

Re: [Qgis-developer] commandline startup option changed in master

2012-11-22 Thread haubourg
haubourg wrote More on the topic: 1- configpath option prevents to use environnement variable QGIS_PLUGINPATH (allowing to have some other locations for plugin storage, in a shared directory for example). a feature request? Correcting myself, QGIS_PLUGINPATH error was a false error due to