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[mc <mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jaap,
have submitted an issue as suggested.

I'm unenthusiastic about changing
XDG_CONFIG_HOME :
I worry, for example, if I open an attachment from within zim
(eg a spreadsheet)
will it use the 'special' config dir or the standard dir?
If the 'special' config dir,
then I have to also sync the standard and special config dirs.

Also, if I open one zim notebook from another (using an interwiki link,
I do this a lot as various bits of knowledge are tied together)
which .config file will the 2nd one use?
It must use the same as the first notebook,
as clicking an interwiki link does not call the script that sets 
XDG_CONFIG_HOME .

So, tonight I'll pin zim at 0.69.1,
so that I don't have to think about this problem again until I next 
upgrade the OS in 20/06.
(I upgrade only 2 months after each Ubuntu Long Term release).

mc


On 26/03/2019 23.05, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> Yes, exactly. You just fork the whole config directory by switching 
> the environment parameter.
>
> I understand it is not so convenient in your case, so feel free to 
> open a ticket asking to restore the style per notebook feature. Also 
> allows people to click the "+1" icon and get a feeling how many other 
> users depend on this feature.
>
> Background is that refactoring of the code the config folder is now a 
> global object which is not switched per notebook, so switching 
> profiles did not fit anymore in the architecture. To restore style per 
> notebook a new implementation would be needed compared to how profiles 
> were implemented.
>
> -- Jaap
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:50 AM mc <mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     So each profile would now be a style.conf in its own
>          ~/.config/zim
>
>     I assume that would mean I would use a script to start each of my
>     notebooks:
>         XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/<user>/config1 zim wiki1
>         XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/<user>/config2 zim wiki2
>         .....
>     Correct?
>
>     I think this has 2 consequences:
>     1.  I can no longer start wikis from the zim gui itself, or from
>     zim in the tray.
>     I always have to start them from a script.
>     Not a big problem, but worth noting.
>
>     2.  I would have different versions of notebooks.lst,
>     one for each config:
>         /config1/notebooks.lst
>         /config2/notebooks.lst
>         ...
>     Can zim handle this?
>
>     At the moment I have 3 profiles, so not unmanageable.
>
>     mc
>
>     On 26/03/2019 21.08, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> >     We could bring back a feature like style per notebook via
> >     notebook properties. But not planned for now.
> >
> >     What always works is running Zim with different environment
> >     parameter for xdg_config_home to load a different config.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Jaap
> >
> >
> >     Op di 26 mrt. 2019 11:04 schreef mc <mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
> >         "but it will still try styles/<profilename> as a fallback."
> >         Understand, thanks.
> >
> >         "From zim 0.70 onwards the profiles are gone"
> >         So in 0.70 how does one support different styles?
> >
> >         For example, I use one style for, say, medical, investment
> >         and knowledge wikis
> >         (font Liberation Sans, tab/indent 64, etc ,...)
> >         and another for coding wikis
> >         (font Liberation Mono, tab/indent 32, etc,...)
> >
> >         ie fonts, indenting, highlighting etc are different to the
> >         different types of wikis.
> >
> >         mc
> >
> >
> >         On 26/03/2019 20.28, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> > >         If a notebook has a profile name set zim 0.69 will choose
> > >         <profilename>/style.conf, but it will still try
> > >         styles/<profilename> as a fallback.
> > >
> > >         From zim 0.70 onwards the profiles are gone and only
> > >         ~/.zonfig/zim/style.conf is supported for the global setting.
> > >
> > >         -- Jaap
> > >
> > >
> > >         On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 1:16 PM mc <mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >         <mailto:mc4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > >
> > >             Hi
> > >
> > >             I have been using the magical zim for a very long time
> > >             (2007?)
> > >             since the former Perl version
> > >             Each time I upgrade my OS (Ub 7.04 to now 18.04)
> > >             I just copy across ~/.config/zim
> > >
> > >             So I think some things in my config file may no longer
> > >             be used.
> > >
> > >             In particular:
> > >             I assume the .conf files in
> > >                  /home/mc/.config/zim/styles/
> > >             are no longer used and have been replaced by
> > >              /home/mc/.config/zim/profiles/<profilename>/style.conf
> > >
> > >             Is this correct?
> > >
> > >             thanks
> > >
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