Re: [Jabref-users] where is the configuration file of JabRef

[Michael C. <van...@gm...>]

Morten wrote:
"under Windows, the registry is used to store preferences, "

I just want to say that many succefssful software under GNU license
never uses registry to store information, such as GNUplot. If JabRef
relies on registry to store information, it really hurts its
portability, which is a big selling point for a Java application.

Michael Chen

On 7/23/06, Morten Omholt Alver <mor...@gm...> wrote:
> On 22/07/06, Michael Chen <van...@gm...> wrote:
> > hi, I installed JabRef on my flash drive and use it on different
> > machines. My setting of Main PDF/PS directory seems lost everytime I
> > switch to another machine. I can not find out where the configuration
> > file is located, and how to specify Jabref to use a specific
> > configuration file. Thanks for your reading.
>
> JabRef doesn't use a configuration file (under Windows, the registry
> is used to store preferences), but if you open Preferences, you can
> export settings in an XML file. Similarly, you can import preferences
> from such a file. At startup, you can specify that preferences should
> be imported from an XML file with the --primp option.
>
>
> --
> Morten
>