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diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp index 2021c42c4d..e4d90e000a 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp @@ -2112,15 +2112,15 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, avoid portability problems, follow these simple rules: \list 1 - \o Always refer to the same key using the same case. For example, + \li Always refer to the same key using the same case. For example, if you refer to a key as "text fonts" in one place in your code, don't refer to it as "Text Fonts" somewhere else. - \o Avoid key names that are identical except for the case. For + \li Avoid key names that are identical except for the case. For example, if you have a key called "MainWindow", don't try to save another key as "mainwindow". - \o Do not use slashes ('/' and '\\') in section or key names; the + \li Do not use slashes ('/' and '\\') in section or key names; the backslash character is used to separate sub keys (see below). On windows '\\' are converted by QSettings to '/', which makes them identical. @@ -2156,10 +2156,10 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, that order: \list 1 - \o a user-specific location for the Star Runner application - \o a user-specific location for all applications by MySoft - \o a system-wide location for the Star Runner application - \o a system-wide location for all applications by MySoft + \li a user-specific location for the Star Runner application + \li a user-specific location for all applications by MySoft + \li a system-wide location for the Star Runner application + \li a system-wide location for all applications by MySoft \endlist (See \l{Platform-Specific Notes} below for information on what @@ -2184,17 +2184,17 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, \snippet doc/src/snippets/settings/settings.cpp 14 The table below summarizes which QSettings objects access - which location. "\bold{X}" means that the location is the main + which location. "\b{X}" means that the location is the main location associated to the QSettings object and is used both for reading and for writing; "o" means that the location is used as a fallback when reading. \table - \header \o Locations \o \c{obj1} \o \c{obj2} \o \c{obj3} \o \c{obj4} - \row \o 1. User, Application \o \bold{X} \o \o \o - \row \o 2. User, Organization \o o \o \bold{X} \o \o - \row \o 3. System, Application \o o \o \o \bold{X} \o - \row \o 4. System, Organization \o o \o o \o o \o \bold{X} + \header \li Locations \li \c{obj1} \li \c{obj2} \li \c{obj3} \li \c{obj4} + \row \li 1. User, Application \li \b{X} \li \li \li + \row \li 2. User, Organization \li o \li \b{X} \li \li + \row \li 3. System, Application \li o \li \li \b{X} \li + \row \li 4. System, Organization \li o \li o \li o \li \b{X} \endtable The beauty of this mechanism is that it works on all platforms @@ -2276,30 +2276,30 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, following files are used by default: \list 1 - \o \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft/Star Runner.conf} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft/Star Runner.conf}) - \o \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft.conf} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft.conf}) - \o \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft/Star Runner.conf} - \o \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft.conf} + \li \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft/Star Runner.conf} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft/Star Runner.conf}) + \li \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft.conf} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft.conf}) + \li \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft/Star Runner.conf} + \li \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft.conf} \endlist On Mac OS X versions 10.2 and 10.3, these files are used by default: \list 1 - \o \c{$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.Star Runner.plist} - \o \c{$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.plist} - \o \c{/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.Star Runner.plist} - \o \c{/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.plist} + \li \c{$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.Star Runner.plist} + \li \c{$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.plist} + \li \c{/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.Star Runner.plist} + \li \c{/Library/Preferences/com.MySoft.plist} \endlist On Windows, NativeFormat settings are stored in the following registry paths: \list 1 - \o \c{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MySoft\Star Runner} - \o \c{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MySoft} - \o \c{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MySoft\Star Runner} - \o \c{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MySoft} + \li \c{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MySoft\Star Runner} + \li \c{HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MySoft} + \li \c{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MySoft\Star Runner} + \li \c{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MySoft} \endlist \note On Windows, for 32-bit programs running in WOW64 mode, settings are @@ -2310,19 +2310,19 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, used on Unix and Mac OS X: \list 1 - \o \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft/Star Runner.ini} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft/Star Runner.ini}) - \o \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft.ini} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft.ini}) - \o \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft/Star Runner.ini} - \o \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft.ini} + \li \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft/Star Runner.ini} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft/Star Runner.ini}) + \li \c{$HOME/.config/MySoft.ini} (Qt for Embedded Linux: \c{$HOME/Settings/MySoft.ini}) + \li \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft/Star Runner.ini} + \li \c{/etc/xdg/MySoft.ini} \endlist On Windows, the following files are used: \list 1 - \o \c{%APPDATA%\MySoft\Star Runner.ini} - \o \c{%APPDATA%\MySoft.ini} - \o \c{%COMMON_APPDATA%\MySoft\Star Runner.ini} - \o \c{%COMMON_APPDATA%\MySoft.ini} + \li \c{%APPDATA%\MySoft\Star Runner.ini} + \li \c{%APPDATA%\MySoft.ini} + \li \c{%COMMON_APPDATA%\MySoft\Star Runner.ini} + \li \c{%COMMON_APPDATA%\MySoft.ini} \endlist The \c %APPDATA% path is usually \tt{C:\\Documents and @@ -2395,20 +2395,20 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, application: \list - \o The Windows system registry has the following limitations: A + \li The Windows system registry has the following limitations: A subkey may not exceed 255 characters, an entry's value may not exceed 16,383 characters, and all the values of a key may not exceed 65,535 characters. One way to work around these limitations is to store the settings using the IniFormat instead of the NativeFormat. - \o On Mac OS X, allKeys() will return some extra keys for global + \li On Mac OS X, allKeys() will return some extra keys for global settings that apply to all applications. These keys can be read using value() but cannot be changed, only shadowed. Calling setFallbacksEnabled(false) will hide these global settings. - \o On Mac OS X, the CFPreferences API used by QSettings expects + \li On Mac OS X, the CFPreferences API used by QSettings expects Internet domain names rather than organization names. To provide a uniform API, QSettings derives a fake domain name from the organization name (unless the organization name @@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src_corelib_io_qsettings.cpp 7 - \o On Unix and Mac OS X systems, the advisory file locking is disabled + \li On Unix and Mac OS X systems, the advisory file locking is disabled if NFS (or AutoFS or CacheFS) is detected to work around a bug in the NFS fcntl() implementation, which hangs forever if statd or lockd aren't running. Also, the locking isn't performed when accessing \c .plist @@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, follow what Microsoft does, with the following exceptions: \list - \o If you store types that QVariant can't convert to QString + \li If you store types that QVariant can't convert to QString (e.g., QPoint, QRect, and QSize), Qt uses an \c{@}-based syntax to encode the type. For example: @@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, followed by a Qt type (\c Point, \c Rect, \c Size, etc.) is treated as a normal character. - \o Although backslash is a special character in INI files, most + \li Although backslash is a special character in INI files, most Windows applications don't escape backslashes (\c{\}) in file paths: @@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, QSettings always treats backslash as a special character and provides no API for reading or writing such entries. - \o The INI file format has severe restrictions on the syntax of + \li The INI file format has severe restrictions on the syntax of a key. Qt works around this by using \c % as an escape character in keys. In addition, if you save a top-level setting (a key with no slashes in it, e.g., "someKey"), it @@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ void QConfFileSettingsPrivate::ensureSectionParsed(QConfFile *confFile, such as "General/someKey", the key will be located in the "%General" section, \e not in the "General" section. - \o Following the philosophy that we should be liberal in what + \li Following the philosophy that we should be liberal in what we accept and conservative in what we generate, QSettings will accept Latin-1 encoded INI files, but generate pure ASCII files, where non-ASCII values are encoded using standard @@ -2632,10 +2632,10 @@ QSettings::QSettings(Format format, Scope scope, const QString &organization, be aware of the following limitations: \list - \o QSettings provides no way of reading INI "path" entries, i.e., entries + \li QSettings provides no way of reading INI "path" entries, i.e., entries with unescaped slash characters. (This is because these entries are ambiguous and cannot be resolved automatically.) - \o In INI files, QSettings uses the \c @ character as a metacharacter in some + \li In INI files, QSettings uses the \c @ character as a metacharacter in some contexts, to encode Qt-specific data types (e.g., \c @Rect), and might therefore misinterpret it when it occurs in pure INI files. \endlist @@ -2933,9 +2933,9 @@ QSettings::Status QSettings::status() const This will set the value of three settings: \list - \o \c mainwindow/size - \o \c mainwindow/fullScreen - \o \c outputpanel/visible + \li \c mainwindow/size + \li \c mainwindow/fullScreen + \li \c outputpanel/visible \endlist Call endGroup() to reset the current group to what it was before @@ -3021,14 +3021,14 @@ int QSettings::beginReadArray(const QString &prefix) The generated keys will have the form \list - \o \c logins/size - \o \c logins/1/userName - \o \c logins/1/password - \o \c logins/2/userName - \o \c logins/2/password - \o \c logins/3/userName - \o \c logins/3/password - \o ... + \li \c logins/size + \li \c logins/1/userName + \li \c logins/1/password + \li \c logins/2/userName + \li \c logins/2/password + \li \c logins/3/userName + \li \c logins/3/password + \li ... \endlist To read back an array, use beginReadArray(). @@ -3412,15 +3412,15 @@ void QSettings::setUserIniPath(const QString &dir) The table below summarizes the default values: \table - \header \o Platform \o Format \o Scope \o Path - \row \o{1,2} Windows \o{1,2} IniFormat \o UserScope \o \c %APPDATA% - \row \o SystemScope \o \c %COMMON_APPDATA% - \row \o{1,2} Unix \o{1,2} NativeFormat, IniFormat \o UserScope \o \c $HOME/.config - \row \o SystemScope \o \c /etc/xdg - \row \o{1,2} Qt for Embedded Linux \o{1,2} NativeFormat, IniFormat \o UserScope \o \c $HOME/Settings - \row \o SystemScope \o \c /etc/xdg - \row \o{1,2} Mac OS X \o{1,2} IniFormat \o UserScope \o \c $HOME/.config - \row \o SystemScope \o \c /etc/xdg + \header \li Platform \li Format \li Scope \li Path + \row \li{1,2} Windows \li{1,2} IniFormat \li UserScope \li \c %APPDATA% + \row \li SystemScope \li \c %COMMON_APPDATA% + \row \li{1,2} Unix \li{1,2} NativeFormat, IniFormat \li UserScope \li \c $HOME/.config + \row \li SystemScope \li \c /etc/xdg + \row \li{1,2} Qt for Embedded Linux \li{1,2} NativeFormat, IniFormat \li UserScope \li \c $HOME/Settings + \row \li SystemScope \li \c /etc/xdg + \row \li{1,2} Mac OS X \li{1,2} IniFormat \li UserScope \li \c $HOME/.config + \row \li SystemScope \li \c /etc/xdg \endtable The default UserScope paths on Unix and Mac OS X (\c |