Re: Still checking to see if anyone knows how to find where the Preferences Language Mode information is kept

Steve,

      You are correct that the .nedit file you found is likely the one you need
to copy to the other machine, as that is the only config file created by the
version you are using.

      One comment about your find command searching for nedit.rc files.  It should
be  'find . -name "*.rc" -print' or something that will get the nedit part of the
nedit.rc name.

      I'm not sure what version started using the .nedit configuration folder
instead of the file .nedit, and also I'm not sure how well upgraded versions will
be able to read version 5.2 configuration files.  However, even if your other
machine has a newer version, or you put a newer version on it, it is worth a try
to put the current .nedit file in you home folder before you start up the new
version.

      The current version is version 5.5, and there are test sources available
for version 5.6 if you want to try that one.  Look at the download tab on
http://www.nedit.org for the latest versions.

                   George


Steve Michael Eastin wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> First thanks for the help.
> 
> Second, I still have not found exactly what I am looking for (or at least I
> don't think I have).
> 
> When I go to Preferences, Save Defaults, it prints out; 
> "Default preferences will be saved in the .nedit file in your home
> directory.  NEdit automatically loads this file each time it is started".
> 
> I did a search using 'find . -name ".nedit" -print', and find .nedit in
> three folders.  
> Only one folder had the .nedit with today's date (meaning it was changed
> today, and most likely the one I need).
> 
> I did a search using 'find . -name ".rc" -print' and no files were found.
> 
> 
> Here is my question: is the .nedit file the only file which I need to copy
> to another machine, so I will have same Nedit configuration which I am
> currently using, or are there other configuration file which will need to be
> copied also?
> 
> As an FYI this version of Nedit is 5.2 May 2001.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Balinski [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:52 PM
> To: General NEdit discussion list; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Still checking to see if anyone knows how to find where the
> Preferences Language Mode information is kept
> 
> Quoting Steve Michael Eastin <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am still checking to see if anyone knows where the Preferences Language
>> Mode information is kept on my computer.
>>
>> The system is UNIX based.
>>
>> I would like to copy the configuration file to another UNIX
>> station/computer.
>>
>> Please respond if you know.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve
> 
> This information is saved in your nedit resource file. If you have made no
> changes to the language mode settings, there are default values built into
> the
> executable. Typically the file will either be $HOME/.nedit for older
> versions,
> or $HOME/.nedit/nedit.rc for newer ones (at least on unix-like systems). Try
> the menu Preferences->Save Defaults... - this displays a confirmation dialog
> to update the file, saying exactly where it is.
> 
> Tony
> 


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