[Paraview] registry file?

[Moreland, Kenneth]

As I recall, we were worried about putting large strings into things like the windows registry.  Some of the settings we store have a larger than typical length.

-Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
> On Behalf Of Utkarsh Ayachit
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:00 AM
> To: Berk Geveci
> Cc: Mike Jackson; ParaView
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] registry file?
>
> I think it was so that people can share their settings file. Since the
> settings has things like server resources etc.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> Berk Geveci wrote:
> > I can't remember the reason (Clint will probably chime in) but there
> > was one. We started using the native format and then we switched.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Mike Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Why are you using "iniFormat" and NOT QSettings::NativeFormat? It is
> VERY
> >> un-natural for OS X users to go looking for .config in their home
> directory.
> >> If you use QSettings::NativeFormat each platform will get their own
> >> "correct" usage. One small change and LOTS of people happy.
> >>
> >> Unless of course there is some odd reason why ParaView can not use
> >> QSettings::NativeFormat and _must_ use QSettings::IniFormat?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
> >> Innovative Management & Technology Services
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
> >>
> >>> Take a look at:
> >>> http://doc.trolltech.com/4.3/qsettings.html
> >>>
> >>> We use iniFormat settings files in ParaView.
> >>>
> >>> Utkarsh
> >>>
> >>> John Doe wrote:
> >>>> It appears to be in the .config directory.  Shold I file a bug report
> >>>> to have it moved to a more obvious location, such as perhaps a
> >>>> .Paraview directory?  When was this standard for configuration files
> >>>> invented?  I wasted an hour trying to find it.
> >>>> Juan
> >>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:36 PM, John Doe <ufnoise at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Where do I find the registry file? Every time I start paraview it is
> >>>>> always in the same unusable state as before.  Using the "-dr" option
> >>>>> makes the problem go away.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Juan
> >>>>>
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