[texworks] Changing texworks-config.txt?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 03/12/2022 9:32 a.m., Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute) wrote:
> 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 [...]
> Rather than going directly to ~/Library/TeXworks/configuration, I would 
> instead use the TeXworks "Help" menu, option "Settings and Resources", 
> then follow the clickable link from "Resources" where you should see :

Thanks, that works, and it looks platform-independent.  I'll change my 
notes!

Duncan Murdoch

> 
>     completion
>     configuration
>     scripts
>     translations
>     TWFile Versions.db
> 
> Under "configuration" you should see "auto-indent-patterns.txt" ... 
> texworks-config.txt ... tools.ini
> 
> In texworks-config.txt you should see
> 
> # TeXworks: Miscellaneous configuration options that don't show up in 
> the Preferences
> 
> [...]
> 
> # To override the built-in list of file types in the File/Open dialog,
> # uncomment and customize these entries:
> #
> # file-open-filter:    TeX documents (*.tex)
> # file-open-filter:    LaTeX documents (*.ltx)
> # file-open-filter:    Log files (*.log *.blg)
> # file-open-filter:    BibTeX databases (*.bib)
> # file-open-filter:    Style files (*.sty)
> # file-open-filter:    Class files (*.cls)
> # file-open-filter:    Documented macros (*.dtx)
> # file-open-filter:    Auxiliary files (*.aux *.toc *.lot *.lof *.nav 
> *.out *.snm *.ind *.idx *.bbl *.brf)
> # file-open-filter:    Text files (*.txt)
> # file-open-filter:    PDF documents (*.pdf)
> # file-open-filter:    All files (*)
> 
> where I would uncommon those that you wish to retain and add 
> corresponding entries for the new ones.
> -- 
> /Philip Taylor/