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

[Paul Fishwick]

I have to agree - what is the point of making it harder to locate variables
and settings that must be modified? From a user's perspective, the ideal
situation is a front-end GUI "wizard" that sets everything. Short of this,
having everything in one easy-to-remember location is the next best
option
p


Tom Willans wrote:
> 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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