Re: [ jEdit-users ] what is the best approach to move from pre7 to pre8 ?

[Slava P. <sl...@fa...>]

You can do this:

jedit -settings=/whatever/directory/you/want/

As for reinstalling your OS every time it gets "hit", I can't help  
you there. ;)

Slava

On 9-Nov-06, at 7:17 PM, Manoj wrote:

> Good to know that.
>
> It would be great if while installing it ask for the user  
> directory. I normally don't like to store custom properties on C  
> drive, as if I have to reinstall the OS, it gets hit, as well as if  
> I have to do a backup, which I regularly do and want to back up my  
> settings I have to do this folder in particular. If i had the  
> flexibility of providing the user directory i would just mention it  
> in D drive and then have a back up of D drive which has all the  
> other files.
>
> Also in networked environment, this would be helpful, so that you  
> can use the user specific data from any machine on a network.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> On 11/9/06, Slava Pestov <sl...@fa...> wrote: If you  
> installed your custom modes and macros in the user settings
> directory and not the jEdit directory, all you have to do is delete
> pre7 and install pre8.
>
> Note that properties are always stored in the user settings directory.
>
> Slava
>
> On 9-Nov-06, at 6:58 PM, Manoj wrote:
>
> > Every time I do install new version of jEdit, I have to go through
> > the whole process of copying the files in mode directory, copying
> > the macros, setting properties, etc.
> >
> > Is there a better approach of upgrading it without all the pain ?
> >
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