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A bug of which is regarding Preferences
in v0.8.13
#788
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Preferences
in v0.8.13
Creating the config file manually isn't working for me, I'm still getting the default settings every time the app starts. Guess I'll wait for the next update |
Like MattKunze mentioned, creating the .boostnoterc file isn't working for me either. |
Same here, my preferences are gone, and are being reset after each restart. |
@MattKunze @MrBMT @vvs Sorry for inconvenient. Umm, it's bizarre. It's working in my environment. Do you mind if I ask you more detail such as your OS or the exact content of |
OS: macOS Sierra (v10.12.6) ~/.boostnoterc contents:
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Same content/environment for me, I just copy/pasted your example to start with Really the only thing I want is to move the toggleFinder shortcut - it conflicts with 'Save All' in Atom for me |
Oh, I assume the .boostnoterc.sample is broken. Just a moment, I'll fix it. @MattKunze So, I assume you should put this
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Hey, that worked! Previously I was specifying the full set of options like your example and it didn't seem to. That's good enough for me for now, I'll wait for the update to permanently fix it |
@MattKunze @MrBMT @vvs I found my mistake.
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Yeah, I did that for the plain hotkey example you listed. Stupid JSON not allowing trailing commas... |
@asmsuechan That fixed it, thanks 😄 |
I am on Windows 10. Creating the I am also seeing some network activity when trying to monitor the Boostnote behavior (figuring out where it reads/writes). |
@vvs What appears when you input |
@asmsuechan It is the standard |
Also, looking at the devtools, I see various errors popping up from time to time, when I open/edit/save the preferences:
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Thank you for your investigation. Umm, I assume the problem is the json file. Have you seen a warning of Actually, those errors have happened until a few version earlier. And they don't affect its behaviour, so I'll fix them someday soon. |
@asmsuechan Ok, figured this stuff out. Basically, the So, at the moment, I can configure BoostNote to what I need, but not via the app, but rather via the direct file editing. Also, I had to figure out how to disable the analytics (by default, the setting is enabled), and the setting for that is:
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You can also change it from UI (ref: #715). |
@asmsuechan When the app is able to save the .boostnoterc, then yes. But currently, it is a one-way road for me, settings are being read from the file, but never written to it. |
That's right. Please wait for the next update. |
The following patch fixes the problem of inability to save the user configuration for me:
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Yes, I already fixed it #787. And thank you for your inspection. |
context
A bug which is related to setting contains in v0.8.13 released on 10th August.
symptom
When you update to v0.8.13, your settings will be reset and be volatile even though you change them and restart Boostnote.
solution
If you have updated already, please put
~/.boostnoterc
of which content is like below.Also, you can pick things what only you want to set.
I've already fixed this issue and we plan to release this in 2 days.
#787
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