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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/7/2014 3:30 PM, Jacob Schmidt wrote:
> Honestly, as a user -- this is spectacular news.
> 
> Trying to move the configuration files. Which ones are they??
> The fact that I have to ask that question is damning evidence that this
> patch was necessary!!!
> 
> Is there a list of these files somewhere?

What platform are you using?

On Linux assuming you've opened each of the main windows a least once
except for fp-lib-table which should always be present:

~/.kicad_common
~/.kicad
~/.cvpcb
~/.gerbview
~/.eeschema
~/.pcbnew
~/.bitmap2component
~/.pcb_calculator
~/.pl_editor
fp-lib-table

> 
> 
> On 09/05/2014 05:31 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> I just committed Moses' configuration file relocation patch in r5114.
>>
>> On Linux the configuration files are now located in $HOME/.config/kicad
>> per the FreeDesktop.org specification.  To preserve you current
>> settings, you can move the kicad configuration files for your $HOME
>> folder to the new location.  You must drop the leading . from the file
>> name.  You must also move the fp-lib-table file.  You will have to make
>> copies of these files if you plan on using any version of kicad prior to
>> r5114.
>>
>> Sorry windows users but you will have to reconfigure KiCad.  There was
>> no easy way to extract the registry keys into configuration files.  The
>> configuration files on Windows will be saved in the same folder as
>> fp-lib-table which is %APPDATA%\kicad.  You may want to clean the kicad
>> cruft from the registry if your not going to use any versions of kicad
>> prior to r5114.
>>
>> There should be no change for OSX users.
>>
>> Can someone please apply the attached patch to the library install in
>> the github repo so the fp-lib-table file gets installed in the correct
>> path by anyone using the kicad-install.sh script.
>>
>> Thank you Moses for contributing to KiCad.
>>
>> Sorry about the inconvenience but this change fixes the $HOME folder
>> configuration file pollution on Linux and removing the configuration
>> from the Windows registry which both users and developers have been
>> pushing for.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
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