--- a/eric6.py Tue Jul 28 19:19:23 2015 +0200
+++ b/eric6.py Sat Aug 01 13:41:33 2015 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
import sys
# generate list of arguments to be remembered for a restart
-restartArgsList = ["--nosplash", "--plugin", "--debug", "--config", "--pyqt4"]
+restartArgsList = ["--nosplash", "--plugin", "--debug", "--config", "--pyqt4"
+ "--settings"]
restartArgs = [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:]
if arg.split("=", 1)[0] in restartArgsList]
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
try: # Only for Py2
import StringIO as io # __IGNORE_EXCEPTION__
- import Utilities.compatibility_fixes # __IGNORE_WARNING__
+ import Globals.compatibility_fixes # __IGNORE_WARNING__
except ImportError:
import io # __IGNORE_WARNING__
basestring = str
@@ -66,13 +67,20 @@
del sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--debug")]
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-for arg in sys.argv:
+for arg in sys.argv[:]:
if arg.startswith("--config="):
import Globals
configDir = arg.replace("--config=", "")
Globals.setConfigDir(configDir)
sys.argv.remove(arg)
- break
+ elif arg.startswith("--settings="):
+ from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings
+ settingsDir = os.path.expanduser(arg.replace("--settings=", ""))
+ if not os.path.isdir(settingsDir):
+ os.makedirs(settingsDir)
+ QSettings.setPath(QSettings.IniFormat, QSettings.UserScope,
+ settingsDir)
+ sys.argv.remove(arg)
# make Third-Party package available as a packages repository
sys.path.insert(2, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
@@ -211,6 +219,8 @@
"don't open anything at startup except that given in command"),
("--plugin=plugin-file",
"load the given plugin file (plugin development)"),
+ ("--settings=settingsDir",
+ "use the given directory to store the settings files"),
("--start-file", "load the most recently opened file"),
("--start-multi", "load the most recently opened multi-project"),
("--start-project", "load the most recently opened project"),
