QSettings vs (QFile + Qtextstream)

[nupul]

I'm not sure if you really can parse a specific ini file with QSettings

Why not? The file format is similar as how QSettings would store it, right?

If that doesn't work, take a look at QConfFileSettingsPrivate::readIniFile() in src/corelib/io/qsettings.cpp.

Why can't i find this path on my installation (Suse 10)???

Thanks.

[jpn]

Why not? The file format is similar as how QSettings would store it, right?

My mistake. The format is no problem at all. But I thought that QSettings would possibly do some assumptions about the path, eg. it's restricted to either $HOME/.config (user scope) or /etc/xdg (system scope) in *nix so you couldn't parse whichever file you want. But that seems not to be the case.

QSettings settings("/home/user/Desktop/.desktop", QSettings::IniFormat);
settings.beginGroup("Desktop Entry");
QString exec = settings.value("Exec").toString();

QSettings settings("/home/user/Desktop/.desktop", QSettings::IniFormat);
settings.beginGroup("Desktop Entry");
QString exec = settings.value("Exec").toString();

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[jpn]

Why can't i find this path on my installation (Suse 10)???

http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/showth...=9856#post9856

[nupul]

Which implies that it is always preferable to use QSettings for such files, right?

As the code you put forth is simpler and more elegant than using Qfile and Qtextstream and splitting the string on '='

Thanks buddy!