processing / processing/processing4
determining path for portable preferences file is wrong for windows OS
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Description
This is currently searching for portable preferences at: <installdir>\Processing.exe\preferences.txt on windows.
guess, should be: <installdir>\preferences.txt
the replaceall should consider \ as path separator on windows.
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Start in app/utils/src/main/java/processing/utils/Settings.java around line 102, where the portable preferences path is determined. Reproduce or trace the Windows path handling and check how the separator replacement affects the result. Done means portable preferences resolve to \preferences.txt rather than placing preferences.txt beneath Processing.exe.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100