Re: config files on Windows

I think I'm finally seeing a light at the end if this tunnel. On
Windows, the Registry is obviously the preferred location for
configuration data. Typically, only developers will want to use a file
(because editing the registry by hand is a royal pain). So I'd suggest
we load the configuration in this order:

    * System-wide
      (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Tigris.org\Subversion\{config,proxy,...}
    * User-specific
      (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tigris.org\Subversion\{config,proxy,...}

Then we look at the options in the config "file" to see if there are
more files to load. I'd even suggest a windows-specific section in the
config file, like this:

[windows-cruft]
use-config-dir = C:/my-home-dir/.subversion

(or rather, that would be
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tigris.org\Subversion\config\windows-cruft:use-config-dir)

Then, if that option exists, try to load the file from that directory.

I'll code this up if people agree.

Alan Langford wrote:

> At 2002/03/26 13:05 -0600, Karl Fogel wrote:
>
>> If all Windows users think the Registry is sufficient, then I don't
>> see much point going through contortions to figure out all possible
>> for a file-based configuration area.
>
>
> Goofy little files scattered all over the place are a pain in the
> butt. Even with APPDATA present lots of users will want to put files
> in different places. Meanwhile the registry has clean support for
> system config data and user specific configurations, not to mention
> easy ways to support multiple configurations.
>
> Perhaps the best way to appease people with cross-platform issues is
> to provide a facility to import/export config files from/to the
> registry and let the users who need it do the job manually.
>
>
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> Alan Langford jal@ambitonline.com
> Ambit Perspectives (416)621-9899
>

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