Re: [Rails-devel] Window position and size persistence

[Erik V. <eri...@xs...>]

OK, I have added a system property for the settings directory:
    -Dsettings.directory=<path>
 
A default settings file can exist and must be named settings_xxxx.rails.ini.
This file must be created manually, e.g. by copying a game-specific file
that you want to use as a default.
(I do not want to create a UI menu to manage settings and files, as I want
to keep this whole facility small, simple and unobstrusive.)
 
The default settings file is read if no game-specific file exists.
However, only the game-specific file will be ever (over)written at quitting
the game.
 
For the stock chart, only the location is applied if the default file is
read. Setting a default stock chart size gives bad results.
 
Erik


  _____  

From: Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...] 
Sent: Sunday 26 December 2010 19:29
To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Window position and size persistence


Is there any way to set the location of the ini file in the script that
loads the game?  I want to be able to specify one window arrangement for my
laptop, one for my desktop, etc.  I keep the rails jar file in my (personal,
not shared) Dropbox folder.

Also, can I set the window locations persistently across all games, rather
than per-game?