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Commit 61082af6 authored by Eike Ziller's avatar Eike Ziller Committed by Leena Miettinen
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Doc: Location where "local" data is saved (e.g. compiled helpers).


Change-Id: I21ccfd58cbcaae6231b88d3a9039eb413f4be1c2
Reviewed-by: default avatarhjk <qthjk@ovi.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@nokia.com>
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\bold {How do I reset all \QC settings?}
\QC creates the following files and a directories:
\QC creates the following files and directories:
\list
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\o qtcreator
\o qtc-debugging-helper
\o qtc-qmldbg
\o qtc-qmldump
\o qtc-qmlobserver
\endlist
The location depends on the platform. On Linux, Unix, and Mac OS, the files
are located in \c{~/.config/Nokia}.
The location depends on the platform. On Linux and other Unix platforms, the files
are located in \c {~/.config/Nokia} and \c {~/.local/share/data/Nokia/qtcreator}.
On Mac OS, the files are located in \c {~/.config/Nokia} and
\c {~/Library/Application Support/Nokia/Qt Creator}.
On Windows XP, the files are located in
\c{<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Nokia}, and
on Windows Vista and Windows 7 in
\c {<drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nokia}.
For all versions, try the path \c{APPDATA\Nokia}.
\c {<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Nokia} and
\c {<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Nokia}.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the files are located in
\c {<drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nokia} and
\c {<drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Nokia}.
\bold {\QC comes with MinGW, should I use this version with Qt?}
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......@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ isEmpty(IDE_BUILD_TREE):IDE_BUILD_TREE=%QtCreatorBuild%
## <localappdata>/plugins/<ideversion>
## where <localappdata> is e.g.
## "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Nokia\qtcreator" on Windows Vista and later
## "$XDG_DATA_HOME/Nokia/qtcreator" or "~/.local/share/Nokia/qtcreator" on Linux
## "$XDG_DATA_HOME/Nokia/qtcreator" or "~/.local/share/data/Nokia/qtcreator" on Linux
## "~/Library/Application Support/Nokia/Qt Creator" on Mac
%DestDir%USE_USER_DESTDIR = yes
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......@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static inline QStringList getPluginPaths()
// 3) <localappdata>/plugins/<ideversion>
// where <localappdata> is e.g.
// <drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Nokia\qtcreator on Windows Vista and later
// $XDG_DATA_HOME or ~/.local/share/Nokia/qtcreator on Linux
// $XDG_DATA_HOME or ~/.local/share/data/Nokia/qtcreator on Linux
// ~/Library/Application Support/Nokia/Qt Creator on Mac
pluginPath = QDesktopServices::storageLocation(QDesktopServices::DataLocation);
pluginPath += QLatin1Char('/')
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