From 1bfd3bd8f2b289cbda1cf1b3a91004ca133f04a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:31:27 +0200 Subject: Doc: Generalize info about sharing project settings ...to apply also to CMake projects Change-Id: I5e42c15c273724c04ec9474a85cc36df8fb3069a Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller --- .../creator-projects-settings-sharing.qdoc | 32 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') 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 @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3