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--- a/Documentation/Source/eric4.Preferences.__init__.html Mon Dec 28 18:31:37 2009 +0000
+++ b/Documentation/Source/eric4.Preferences.__init__.html Wed Dec 30 15:40:33 2009 +0000
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
The preferences interface consists of a class, which defines the default
values for all configuration items and stores the actual values. These
values are read and written to the eric4 preferences file by module
-functions. On Windows the data is located in the registry, everywhere
-else it is stored in a file in a subdirectory of the users home directory.
-The individual configuration data is accessed by accessor functions defined
-on the module level. The module is simply imported wherever it is needed
+functions. The data is stored in a file in a subdirectory of the users home
+directory. The individual configuration data is accessed by accessor functions
+defined on the module level. The module is simply imported wherever it is needed
with the statement 'import Preferences'. Do not use 'from Preferences import *'
to import it.
</p>
@@ -299,6 +298,12 @@
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#syncPreferences">syncPreferences</a></td>
<td>Module function to sync the preferences to disk.</td>
+</tr><tr>
+<td><a href="#toBool">toBool</a></td>
+<td>Module function to convert a value to bool.</td>
+</tr><tr>
+<td><a href="#toList">toList</a></td>
+<td>Module function to convert a value to a list.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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@@ -1895,5 +1900,41 @@
</dd>
</dl>
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+<hr /><hr />
+<a NAME="toBool" ID="toBool"></a>
+<h2>toBool</h2>
+<b>toBool</b>(<i>value</i>)
+<p>
+ Module function to convert a value to bool.
+</p><dl>
+<dt><i>value</i></dt>
+<dd>
+value to be converted
+</dd>
+</dl><dl>
+<dt>Returns:</dt>
+<dd>
+converted data
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<div align="right"><a href="#top">Up</a></div>
+<hr /><hr />
+<a NAME="toList" ID="toList"></a>
+<h2>toList</h2>
+<b>toList</b>(<i>value</i>)
+<p>
+ Module function to convert a value to a list.
+</p><dl>
+<dt><i>value</i></dt>
+<dd>
+value to be converted
+</dd>
+</dl><dl>
+<dt>Returns:</dt>
+<dd>
+converted data
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<div align="right"><a href="#top">Up</a></div>
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