[texworks] Changing texworks-config.txt?

[Duncan Murdoch]

Found it!  The location of the configuration information changed, as 
described here:

 
https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/wiki/TipsAndTricks#locating-and-customizing-texworks-resources

The file is now in

   ~/Library/Application 
Support/TUG/TeXworks/configuration/texworks-config.txt

Duncan Murdoch

On 03/12/2022 9:19 a.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> I have some old notes that say to change the file types listed in the
> File Open dialog, I should edit the texworks-config.txt file in the
> configuration directory.  I'm on a Mac, and see this file in
> ~/Library/TeXworks/configuration, but changes there appear to have no
> effect when I open TeXworks again.  I still see the old file types, i.e.
> 
>     TeX documents (*.Rnw *.tex)
> 
> (which I think are customized from the defaults), when what I want to see is
> 
>     TeX documents (*.Rnw *.Rmd *.tex)
> 
> Here's what I now have in
> ~/Library/TeXworks/configuration/texworks-config.txt:
> 
>     # To override the built-in list of file types in the File/Open dialog,
>     # uncomment and customize these entries:
>     #
>     file-open-filter:	TeX documents (*.Rnw *.Rmd *.tex)
>     ... more filters, some commented ...
> 
> Do I need to do something to get TeXworks to read that file again?  Or
> am I looking in the wrong place?
> 
> Duncan Murdoch