Start-up parameters locations

Lubomir I. Ivanov neolit123 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 3 07:41:59 PST 2015


On 3 November 2015 at 17:24, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 02:47:23PM +0000, John Smith wrote:
>> >
>> >  but the user folder can
>> > contain the default dive log file and any modified printing templates,
>> > which if lost will make the user mildly annoyed.
>> >
>> > if voted upon, i can send a patch.
>>
>> I realise that, but if you recall you suggested having tick boxes allowing a basic uninstall or various higher levels.
>
> Yes, that was the conclusion and that's why I asked to delay this until
> after 4.5 was out.
>
> I was thinking we should offer something like this:
>
> - basic uninstall: remove the installed binaries, don't touch anything else
> - uninstall and clear registry (with apropriate warning)
> - uninstall, clear registry, remove Subsurface data forlders (with warning
>   that this could be removing the user's data file)
>
> This could be done with check boxes in the uninstaller. At least for the
> third one I'd prefer if we had an additional confirmation dialog.
>
> Does this sound reasonable, Lubomir?
>

already on it,
but i need to store the system_default_directory() in the QSettings()
"GeneralSettings" (registry on Win32) on startup.
any suggestions in which file should i do that?

lubomir
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