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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2020-08-24 16:31:27 +0200
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2020-08-25 07:57:38 +0000
commit1bfd3bd8f2b289cbda1cf1b3a91004ca133f04a7 (patch)
treeedea32385bab1ac3f2a1eaef6e79ea5ad341833d /doc
parent2d12e6b1194d813b814694a37949a6e7aaaf6821 (diff)
Doc: Generalize info about sharing project settings
...to apply also to CMake projects Change-Id: I5e42c15c273724c04ec9474a85cc36df8fb3069a Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
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diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-settings-sharing.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-settings-sharing.qdoc
index 7622bf1fa4..b8af74b4be 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-settings-sharing.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/projects/creator-only/creator-projects-settings-sharing.qdoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/****************************************************************************
**
-** Copyright (C) 2018 The Qt Company Ltd.
+** Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
**
** This file is part of the Qt Creator documentation.
@@ -36,25 +36,25 @@
\title Sharing Project Settings
- \QC stores user-specific project settings in a .pro.user file. You can
- share these settings between several projects as a .pro.shared file. It
- has the same XML structure as a .pro.user file, but only contains the
+ \QC stores user-specific project settings in a \e {.user} file. You can
+ share these settings between several projects as a \e {.shared} file. It
+ has the same XML structure as a \e {.user} file, but only contains the
settings to share.
\section1 Creating Shared Settings File
- The easiest way to create a .pro.shared file is to copy settings from the
- .pro.user file. Typically, you would share some of the values in the
+ The easiest way to create a \e {.shared} file is to copy settings from the
+ \e {.user} file. Typically, you would share some of the values in the
\c ProjectExplorer.Project.EditorSettings section.
\note You must always specify the
\c ProjectExplorer.Project.Updater.FileVersion variable and use the same
- value for it as in the .pro.user file.
+ value for it as in the \e {.user} file.
- You can then deliver the .pro.shared file to other developers or copy it to
+ You can then deliver the \e {.shared} file to other developers or copy it to
other development PCs.
- The following is an example of a pro.shared file:
+ The following is an example of a \e {.shared} file:
\code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@
\section1 Updating Shared Settings
- The first time \QC loads the project after you added pro.shared settings,
- it overwrites the pro.user settings with them. If you open the project for
- the first time and \QC has not created a .pro.user file, the settings in the
- .pro.shared file take effect immediately.
+ The first time \QC loads the project after you add shared settings,
+ it overwrites the user settings with them. If you open the project for
+ the first time and \QC has not created a \e {.user} file, the settings
+ in the \e {.shared} file take effect immediately.
- If you receive a .pro.shared file and do not want to use a particular
+ If you receive a \e {.shared} file and do not want to use a particular
setting in it, you can change it. \QC marks it a \e sticky setting. The next
time you open a project, the setting is not updated. \QC tracks sticky
- settings in the .pro.user file and removes the mark if the values in the
- pro.user and pro.shared files eventually become identical. This is to avoid
+ settings in the \e {.user} file and removes the mark if the values in the
+ user and shared files eventually become identical. This is to avoid
a permanent sticky setting that was created just because you wanted to try
something out.