pcp: what changed
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| 1 | + | **PCP**, short for **Primary Config Path**, is a Lazarus command-line option which permits specifying the directory where Lazarus configuration files are located. | |
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| 3 | + | For example, a Linux launcher link (.desktop file) may contain a line like: | |
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| 5 | + | `Exec=/P/s/lazarus/lazarus `**`--pcp`**`="/P/s/config_lazarus"` | |
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| 7 | + | which tells Lazarus to look for its configuration in the folder: | |
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| 9 | + | ` /P/s/config_lazarus` | |
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| 11 | + | This option is most useful when using [[Multiple Lazarus|multiple Lazarus]]: it is needed to keep their configurations properly separated. Note that while most versions of Lazarus you will come across are case insensitive to --pcp, lazbuild before (probably) 2.4.0 is not when it reads the lazarus.cfg file. | |
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| 13 | + | Options to Lazarus, including this one, can also appear in the lazarus.cfg file, in the top lazarus directory. | |
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| 15 | + | ## Windows | |
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| 17 | + | If option --pcp is not specified, the default folder in Windows Vista and up is: | |
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| 19 | + | `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\lazarus` | |
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| 21 | + | ## Linux | |
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| 23 | + | For Linux (and other Unix-like systems) the default configuration folder is: | |
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| 25 | + | `~/.lazarus` | |
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| 27 | + | ## Configuration files | |
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| 29 | + | | file | decription | | |
| 30 | + | |----|----| | |
| 31 | + | | lazarus.dci | [[IDE Window: Code Templates|Code Templates]] | | |
| 32 | + | | jcfsettings.cfg | [[IDE Window: JCF Format Settings Options|Jedi Code Format settings]] | | |
| 33 | + | | codeexploreroptions.xml | [[IDE Window: Code Explorer Options|Code Explorer Options]] | | |
| 34 | + | | codetoolsoptions.xml | [[IDE Window: Codetools Options|Code Tools Options]] | | |
| 35 | + | | editormacroscript.xml | | | |
| 36 | + | | editoroptions.xml | [[IDE Window: Editor Options|Editor Options]] | | |
| 37 | + | | environmentoptions.xml | [[IDE Window: Environment Options|Environment Options]] | | |
| 38 | + | | fpcdefines.xml | | | |
| 39 | + | | helpoptions.xml | | | |
| 40 | + | | idemake.cfg | A list of the compiled unit files for installed packages. Used to rebuild the IDE | | |
| 41 | + | | includelinks.xml | | | |
| 42 | + | | inputhistory.xml | | | |
| 43 | + | | packagefiles.xml | A list of the package files (.lpk) of packages installed in the IDE | | |
| 44 | + | | compilertest.pas | | | |
| 45 | + | | laz_indentation.pas | | | |
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| 47 | + | --- | |
| 48 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "pcp", as it stood on 2023-07-06 after a change by Dbannon, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 49 | + | Category: Configuration |