[Opensim-users] Preview split up of OpenSim.ini.example now in bin/config.preview.donotuseyet

[Tom Willans]

Hi Justin,

I like the simplicity of having the one .ini file. A single file in a  
single place easy to edit and easy to check all settings with say the  
OSGRID version, or where I had a problem. I felt that this was a  
strength was the simple of this approach. A single place also makes  
it easy to know where and what file to check.  I have also needed to  
check the script engine used, avatar settings and language settings  
even as a fairly new user. It is nice to have a directory into which  
the examples can be stored though.

Tom

On 11 Mar 2009, at 21:31, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I have done a preliminary split of the large OpenSim.ini.example  
> file into separate files under the directory
> config.preview.donotuseyet/.  None of this is yet active.
>
> The separate .ini.example files are placed in a folder structure  
> under config/ rather than all in a single directory.
> Where possible the structure follows that of modules and assemblies  
> in the codebase.
>
> The idea is that all the built in OpenSim defaults will match the  
> contents of the .ini.example files.  So where settings
> are not given, the builtins can be safely used.  This means that  
> the main bin/OpenSim.ini is reduced to only the
> settings that 95% of people use (at the moment, [Startup],  
> [Network], [StandAlone]).
>
> If you did want to change one of the more advanced settings in  
> config/, then you would copy (or rename) that file to
> .ini or copy and paste the settings to bin/OpenSim.ini.  For  
> example, the file
>
> user/chat/chat.ini.example
>
> contains only the in world chat configuration parameters.  If you  
> wanted to change the whisper distance to 100m you
> would copy this file to
>
> user/chat/chat.ini
>
> and edit the setting.  All .ini files in the config/ directory will  
> get picked up by OpenSim in addition to bin/OpenSim.ini
>
> Please tell me what you think.  Expressions of agreement are as  
> welcome as constructive criticism.  This restructuring
> is largely unrelated to other --inimaster, etc. discussions.
>
> -- 
> justincc
> Justin Clark-Casey
> http://justincc.wordpress.com
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