[fpc-pascal] Lazarus settings and roaming profiles in Windows

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:30:23 +0200
Jürgen Hestermann <juergen.hestermann at gmx.de> wrote:

> > Jürgen Hestermann, how often do you change your working machine?
> 
> Well, I seldom change it [...]
>
> If I log off, the local profile is saved (partely) to the (Novell)
> home dir and then the local Windows user is deleted completely (including the profile!)

IMO: This type of sharing does not sound very suitable for a development
machine.


> [...]
> I think it would be much better if the Lazarus settings would be
> saved to the Lazarus directory by default.

This is not always writable.
There are many platforms, many ways to install lazarus and
development machines are almost always special. That's why the defaults
are made for the binary packages where the lazarus directory is read
only. If you don't use the default, you must tell lazarus and pass
the pcp parameter.

> Having 2 or more people sharing the same machine for Lazarus
> developement would be very seldom I suppose.

For example a pool for students.

> [...]
> At least no one would lose any settings this way.

No default will fit all cases.


Mattias