[Qt-creator] Qbs plugin ignoring -settingspath?

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Mon Nov 25 11:01:54 CET 2013


On 25 November 2013 08:55, Ziller Eike <Eike.Ziller at digia.com> wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>> On 23 November 2013 16:20, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>>> On 23 November 2013 14:54, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hunger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 23 Nov 2013 00:27, "Mateusz Loskot"
>>>>
>>>>> Regardless, I'm always getting this file created
>>>>>
>>>>> $HOME/.config/QtProject/qbs.conf
>>>>>
>>>>> I can manually remove $HOME/.config/QtProject,
>>>>> launch QtC as above, open a .qbs project and the file is back there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shouldn't it respect the -settingspath?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it should.
>>>>
>>>> While I do see that people will see qbs and At Creator as more closely
>>>> related than let's say QtC and cake, I do not think we should treat and
>>>> differently.
>>>>
>>>> Qbs is a separate application, similar to cmake, autotools and gdb. Nobody
>>>> expects those to respect Qt Creators settingspath either.
>>>
>>> That makes perfect sense to me.
>>>
>>> The
>>
>> (Sorry, sent prematurely)
>>
>> I meant, the misunderstanding was that I thought qbs.conf file
>> was created by the Qbs plugin itself, not the Qbs an application.
>
> Well, it is created by the qbs *library* that the Qbs plugin links to and uses, so the distinction is not that black&white ;)

I see.

> But still, the settings that are created are the ones that are also used by the qbs command line tool, so the separation is indeed there.

Yes, it makes sense to me.

Thanks for the updated explanation.


Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net



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