Persistent application configuration data.

[Jerry L Kreps]

Ralf Nolden wrote:
> 
> "Miller, John JE" wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In the Linux world where does one store application
> > specific configuration data, ie the top/left co-ordinates
> > of a window on the screen when the window is shutdown,
> > so that it can be restored to that position the next time
> > it is opened (dare I suggest, in the style of INI files on
> > windows).  Anyone got a class to create/read/write/delete
> > this data.
> 
> Before you get some other advice as I have read ;-) here´s some expert
> help:
> the class you want to use is KConfig. The templates for KDE apps already
> use these in reading and writing options. the Geometry is already saved
> for your application in saveOptions() and restored when starting up in
> readOptions(). Look for QWidget methods to retrieve the topleft
> position, store it in a QPoint and look for suitable methods to write
> and read the point and set the position. You can use setGeometry(QRect)
> instead of resize() which the normal templates use, where you can
> specify the topleft position in the QRect.  Add your code to the
> read/saveOptions() methods to ensure all goes well.
> 
> In KDE you NEVER need an INI file or something like that nor do you have
> to take care for the actual location for the file. KConfig does that
> completely for you, so use this class whenever you want to store/read
> any options, e.g. key accelerators or whatever. Use setGroup() to
> separate the config file into groups and watch out for ALWAYS giving
> default values in the read methods like described in the KConfig API, so
> your members don´t run uninitialized if the user starts your program the
> first time.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Ralf
> 
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Thanks, Ralf!  You just gotta love this list!
JLK (aka pseudo 'expert' ;-)