[Paraview] registry file?

[John Doe]

For some reason I had paraview in a state where many of the top row
menu items were no longer clickable (file, edit, view).  The only way
around was to use the "-dr" option, but then I lost the ability to
retain state.

In *nix, most programs have always created a hidden file or directory
in the user's home.  This .config directory was so unnatural, that I
had to use strace to figure out where paraview was getting the
registry.

It might be helpful to document for people where they would expect to
find the registry files if something goes horribly wrong.

Thanks,

Juan

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Shead, Timothy <tshead at sandia.gov> wrote:
> On 6/4/08 7:17 AM, "Berk Geveci" <berk.geveci at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> The main issue was that the "native" format on Windows (the registry) has
> some really draconian limitations on the sizes and numbers of keys, which
> was causing problems.  Since we were forcing the use of the "ini" format on
> one platform, it seemed to make sense to be consistent on all platforms.
>
>> 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.
>
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> Timothy M. Shead
> Scalable Analytics & Visualization (1424)
> Sandia National Laboratories
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