opencpn.ini Configuration File

[Rasbats]

mea culpa ...

For some time I have been polluting this file by using [Settings/xxx_pi] to hold the settings, for some of the plugins I have made.

imo [Settings] should have the core OpenCPN settings and the plugin settings should be under [PlugIns] (Capital I).

As plugins are being updated I will be using [PlugIns/xxx_pi] for the settings for those plugins.

After doing a parallel installation for the new version of OpenCPN and upgrading the master catalog you may find two sections [Settings/xxx_pi] and [PlugIns/xxx_pi]. You may want to remove the [Settings/xxx_pi] section to ensure the settings you choose appear in the plugin correctly.

Mike

[Hakan]

Mike..
I may agree about your logic discussion.
But..

Most users wont know how to manage the config file. And, not less, read, or understand, messages here on the forum.
If what you say above is important for any function I think the plugin itself has to maintain what's needed in the config file. We can't trust any user would clean up.

[Rasbats]

Is there a way for the plugin to remove a section in the config file? If not maybe things should be left as they are. Good intentions????

Mike

[Hakan]

You're most probably correct. No way for a plugin to delete a setting. If they not interfere with the "new" plugin we may have to just leave them or, if of any value, set the value to "emptystring"

[rgleason]

If the old section is defunct and cant be removed doesnt really causemuch of a problem does it? If the values can be emptied that would be good. When the user renames or removes ini the the settings version will disappear.

[skipperearly]

Probably the best would be to include a cleaning of the ini file in the save/recover template function.

[Rasbats]

@Antipole2 pointed me to:

pConf->DeleteGroup ( "/Settings/xxx_pi" );

Mike

[rgleason]

Is this for the javascript plugin? Where is that I haven't seen it in PIM?

[Rasbats]

@Antipole2 JavaScript_pi v0.5 ...

Not in PIM yet.
My fork with CI updates:
https://github.com/rasbats/JavaScript_pi/tree/v0.5

Mike

[stevead]

Mike,

DeleteGroup is a wxConfig method.

Here is a link

In your case, for something like your shipdriver plugin it might be something like

if (pConf->HasGroup(_T("/Settings/ShipDriver_pi"))) {
    //Read the existing settings
    ....
    pConf->DeleteGroup(_T("/Settings/ShipDriver_pi"));
}

Good luck...

[Rasbats]

Thanks Steve.

[rgleason]

Originally Posted by Rasbats

@Antipole2 JavaScript_pi v0.5 ...

Not in PIM yet.
My fork with CI updates:
https://github.com/rasbats/JavaScript_pi/tree/v0.5

Mike

Thanks Mike, ...lots of moving parts, I know.