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Hi,<br>
<br>
On 2011-01-16 23:45, Paul A Norman wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTinX8ehtsBXnmFkGe9RMWbjGPtFzrLEihpopOsRc@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">1. Just for clarity for people, (I'm using portable as
per normal) the "<span class="Apple-style-span"
style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;">resource directory"</span> you
are referring to will normally be named "config" on their
hard-drive (?)</blockquote>
<br>
No (if I understand the question correctly). The resource directory
is where all the scripts, templates, etc. go in. As per
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/TipsAndTricks#Locating_and_customizing_TeXworks_resources">http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/TipsAndTricks#Locating_and_customizing_TeXworks_resources</a>,
this should by default be located at<br>
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\TeXworks\<br>
Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\<username>\TeXworks\ (?)<br>
GNU/Linux: ~/.TeXworks/<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTinX8ehtsBXnmFkGe9RMWbjGPtFzrLEihpopOsRc@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div>2. With syntax-patterns.txt I have made changes to it, so it
will not be able update with new material over
the Internet now(?)</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
Yes. This is the same situation that we had until now. To circumvent
that, we would need some kind of advanced diff/patch/version control
system built into Tw, which won't happen. Besides, even full-fledged
version control systems sometimes fail with automatic merges. So to
update those files, you'd have to track changes manually...<br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTinX8ehtsBXnmFkGe9RMWbjGPtFzrLEihpopOsRc@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div> - am I able to make more than one--a User's one like
"syntax-patterns-user.txt ? So that the original can be left
unedited--and up-datable over the Internet through your new
system?</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
No, not at the moment. This only works for files in the completion
subdirectory, which are all loaded simultaneously. We could think
about providing a mechanism for the -user scheme you proposed, but
there are numerous problems involved. E.g., how would you remove an
entry? How would you supersede an entry, and in the case of an
update, should your old value or the upstream new value take
precedence? That's why I went with the "the user is always right"
policy that if you customize a file, the system assumes you know
what you're doing and that you're taking care of implementing any
new features and bug fixes yourself in "your" files.<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
Stefan<br>
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