[Qgis-developer] QGIS for end users (--configpath under Windows)?

[Stefan Keller]

Hi,

I'd like to program and configure QGIS as a real specialist GIS for
end users using Windows with menus, settings and plugins adapted to a
specialists task - and failed until now. But perhaps I'm missing some
concepts or tricks. Is this possible?

Possible solution: I think if this would work under Windows I'd be happy:

% C:\OSGeo4W\bin\qgis.bat --configpath "C:\gisdata\conf" --project
"C:\gisdata\test_projekt.qgs"

This would allow to start at least one instance with a specific config
("--configpath": pointing to menus, buttons, settings...) and a
specific set of plugins ("" pointing to a project file in a
subdirectory). But "--configpath" does not seem to be implemented, at
least not in Windows - although there's an entry in the docs
http://docs.qgis.org/user_guide/html/en/introduction/features_at_a_glance.html
.

It can even be that specialists end users start QGIS twice, one
instance for managing task A (like e.g. surveying) and one for task B
(like environmental planning). But I'm aware that this seems
impossible by concept because QGIS/Qt store settings in the (singular)
Windows Registry.

Under Windows we now store an .ini (test_projekt.ini) file, start QGIS
with the above parameters (except void --configpath), load the
test_projekt.ini, exit QGIS (!??) and start QGIS again...

Any help?

Yours, S.