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

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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).
>

Why not use the customisation framework? See:

http://linfiniti.com/2011/07/customizing-the-qgis-ui/

Tim


> 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.
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