5.5 Preferences

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks Jacque (and Mark).  Should be able to resore my image (!) with that
info.
Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>



On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> On 5/3/12 11:22 AM, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
>> It seems that 5.5 stomps all over existing Preference settings.
>>
>
> Among other things. It's been a topic on the dev list.
>
>
>   Other than
>> wondering why RunRev's QA process didn't catch that, I can live with it
>> since it's not too hard to set them up again.
>>
>
> They did make some changes to prevent problems, but there's still
> something iffy going on. I keep a clean copy of the 5.02 prefs and whenever
> I move from 5.5 to 5.02 I swap in the clean copy. Recently Mark Weider
> suggested I lock the prefs file so it couldn't be overwritten. Duh. :)
>
>
>  I'm not sure how to set about getting my Image Library back again.  I have
>> Time Machine backups but what do I restore to get hold of the stack that
>> holds my Image Library and how do I get it back into the current rev
>> stacks?
>>
>
> That came up on the dev list too, though I haven't had a problem with it.
> Some people are losing their plugins or seeing them corrupted (probably
> because of the format change.) One person solved it by renaming the My
> LiveCode folder to something else. The real solution will be for developers
> to always save their plugins and prefs in 2.7 format, but that will require
> individual updates.
>
> By default, all your stuff is saved in Documents/My LiveCode/. Image
> libraries should be in there in the Resources/Icon Libraries folder.
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode>
>