[mobile-devel] SwordReader - preferences

[Daniel Blake]

Another reason using .conf files works better is for portability.  You 
can copy the sword directory to another computer/device and have all 
your settings without doing any extra work.

Daniel Blake

David Trotz wrote:
> Guys,
> I was thinking and realized that a few of you may not know this but for 
> preferences we will be using the SWConfig class to save any preferences 
> to a file. I know this contradicts typical windows thinking where 
> everything goes into that stinking registry, but I (after persuasion 
> from Troy 6 years ago) feel that .conf files are the better way to go. 
> For one a user can delete their .conf file if things go wrong, and 
> second, when they want every trace of SwordReader off of their device 
> its as easy as deleting their sword directory (except a wince CAB file 
> does put an uninstall entry in the registry), so actually its as easy as 
> uninstalling then deleting the sword directory. ;-) Anyhow there is a 
> m_confOptions in SRMainFrame that we can use for preferences. I know Al 
> Sites was thinking of starting a preferences page so I figured I would 
> put this info out there.
> In Christ,
> David Trotz
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