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Running different Lazarus versions.

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Bernd Mueller

Hello,

I am running different Lazarus versions on my Windows 98 system (actually 5). This worked perfect with Lazarus up to 0.9.24, since each Lazarus uses its own settings which are stored in the Lazarus root directory.

I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not comfortable.

TBH, I really would like to see the old behavior again.

Regards, Bernd.

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Graeme Geldenhuys
to Bernd Mueller

2008/6/26 Bernd Mueller :

I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not comfortable.

I believe you can pass a parameter to Lazarus telling it which configuration files to use. That means you simply need to update you desktop shortcuts to pass in the correct paramaters.

./lazarus --help

Should give you the available parameters.

Regards,
- Graeme -

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Vincent Snijders
to Bernd Mueller: I am running different Lazarus versions on my Windows 98 system (actually 5). This worked…
Bernd Mueller wrote 11 lines
Hello, I am running different Lazarus versions on my Windows 98 system (actually 5). This worked perfect with Lazarus up to 0.9.24, since each Lazarus uses its own settings which are stored in the Lazarus root directory. I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not comfortable.

The program directory might not be writable in newer windows versions.

TBH, I really would like to see the old behavior again.

If you want the old behaviour, change the short to pass a primary config directory. Eg:
c:\lazarus-0.9.25\lazarus.exe --pcp=c:\lazarus-0.9.25

Vincent

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Vincent Snijders
to Graeme Geldenhuys: 2008/6/26 Bernd Mueller : I believe you can pass a parameter to Lazarus telling it which…
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote 13 lines
2008/6/26 Bernd Mueller : > I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, > that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings > directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not > comfortable. I believe you can pass a parameter to Lazarus telling it which configuration files to use. That means you simply need to update you desktop shortcuts to pass in the correct paramaters. ./lazarus --help Should give you the available parameters.

If you have a console.

On windows, it would crash.

Vincent

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Bernd Mueller
to Graeme Geldenhuys: 2008/6/26 Bernd Mueller : I believe you can pass a parameter to Lazarus telling it which…
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote 13 lines
2008/6/26 Bernd Mueller : > I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, > that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings > directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not > comfortable. I believe you can pass a parameter to Lazarus telling it which configuration files to use. That means you simply need to update you desktop shortcuts to pass in the correct paramaters. ./lazarus --help Should give you the available parameters.

thank you, and sorry for the noise ;-)

Regards, Bernd.

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Bernd Mueller
to Vincent Snijders: The program directory might not be writable in newer windows versions. If you want the…
Vincent Snijders wrote 20 lines
Bernd Mueller schreef: > Hello, > > I am running different Lazarus versions on my Windows 98 system > (actually 5). This worked perfect with Lazarus up to 0.9.24, since each > Lazarus uses its own settings which are stored in the Lazarus root > directory. > > I am now testing Lazarus 0.9.25 with different revisions and noticed, > that the settings seem to be stored global in the Local Settings > directory. Sure, you had reasons to change this, but for me it is not > comfortable. The program directory might not be writable in newer windows versions. > TBH, I really would like to see the old behavior again. If you want the old behaviour, change the short to pass a primary config directory. Eg: c:\lazarus-0.9.25\lazarus.exe --pcp=c:\lazarus-0.9.25

thanks again.

Regards, Bernd.

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