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

[Stefan Keller]

Hi,

My problem below seems to partially covered by this open ticket
http://hub.qgis.org/issues/5894 .
This ticket says " QSettings always read default, regardless of
--optionspath" and mentions ~/.config/QuantumGIS/QGIS.conf being the
default.
Now my intention is to configure a path as well as GUI elements when
starting QGIS - and getting this to work under Lunix and Windows.
Currently under Windows Defaults are stored in central Windows Registry!

To me the best solution would be,
1. that optionspath Parameter (if given and existing) really overrides
the defaults (like Ticket says),
2. and if QSettings under Windows would be stored not in Registry but
in an application path (like Linux).

Yours, Stefan




2012/8/16 Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com>:
> 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.