Details
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Suggestion
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Resolution: Done
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P3: Somewhat important
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Qt Creator 3.1.0
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None
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Windows 7 64bit, 8GB RAM, Intel Core i7 2.80GHz, GeForce GTX 480
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3d23a2dad2dbce6643dfd4728b2d15246885c896
Description
Hi, I’d just like to propose a minor change in the FAQ section of Qt Creator documentation: instead of a generic path for Windows systems, you could use environment variables (so that users can copy & paste the paths without worrying if they installed Windows on the F:\ drive or what is their username directory).
Qt Creator FAQ, question 1 (current answer, last two paragraphs)
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On Windows XP, the files are located in <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\QtProject and <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\QtProject.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the files are located in <drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\QtProject and <drive>:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\QtProject.
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Qt Creator FAQ, question 1 (proposed new answer, last two paragraphs)
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On Windows XP, the files are located in %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\\%username%\Application Data\QtProject and %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\QtProject.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the files are located in %SystemDrive%\Users\\%username%\AppData\Roaming\QtProject and %SystemDrive%\Users\\%username%\AppData\Local\QtProject.
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As you can see the only difference is in the 2 paths for each Windows family, which now use environment variables (à la Windows of course).
Let me know if you can make this little change, or if I should post this request elsewhere.
Cheers
P.S.: For a quite complete list of Windows environment variables:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable#Microsoft_Windows
P.P.S.: I didn't want to put 2 backslashes before the percentage sign in the new paths, but with this ticketing system form seems quite impossible to do... one backslash will be interpreted as the escape sign for percent sign (which is displayed anyway also without escaping it), while 2 or more backslashes before the percent sign are displayed "normally" without being interpreted as escape characters.
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For Gerrit Dashboard: QTCREATORBUG-12283 | ||||||
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# | Subject | Branch | Project | Status | CR | V |
85995,2 | Doc: use environment variables in paths | master | qt-creator/qt-creator | Status: MERGED | +2 | 0 |