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KevinH · 10-19-2023, 07:39 AM

Sigil has always used ini format and not utf-8. We once tried utf-8 years ago, and utf-8 files caused numerous issues so we had to revert to standard ini files.

Sigil-2.0.1 still uses normal ini files but for safety to prevent compatibility problems from Qt5 to Qt6 it takes Qt5 generated ini files on first launch and creates Qt6 versions from them.

They are still cross-platform, just using a new name. Once those exist they are used from then on out.

You can of course delete those Qt6 ini files and copy in Qt5 ini files from a previous version of Sigil (1.x) and they will be properly converted to Qt6 ini files when Sigil is next launched.

The old Qt5 names are:

#define CLIPS_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_clips.ini"
#define INDEX_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_index.ini"
#define SEARCHES_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches.ini"
#define SEARCHES_V2_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches_v2.ini"
#define SIGIL_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil.ini"

The new Qt6 ini file names are:

#define CLIPS_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_clips_v6.ini"
#define INDEX_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_index_v6.ini"
#define SEARCHES_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches_v6.ini"
#define SIGIL_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_v6.ini"

So which ini files (exact file names and paths) are you talking about?

10-19-2023, 07:39 AM	#15
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,893 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Sigil has always used ini format and not utf-8. We once tried utf-8 years ago, and utf-8 files caused numerous issues so we had to revert to standard ini files. Sigil-2.0.1 still uses normal ini files but for safety to prevent compatibility problems from Qt5 to Qt6 it takes Qt5 generated ini files on first launch and creates Qt6 versions from them. They are still cross-platform, just using a new name. Once those exist they are used from then on out. You can of course delete those Qt6 ini files and copy in Qt5 ini files from a previous version of Sigil (1.x) and they will be properly converted to Qt6 ini files when Sigil is next launched. The old Qt5 names are: #define CLIPS_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_clips.ini" #define INDEX_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_index.ini" #define SEARCHES_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches.ini" #define SEARCHES_V2_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches_v2.ini" #define SIGIL_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil.ini" The new Qt6 ini file names are: #define CLIPS_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_clips_v6.ini" #define INDEX_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_index_v6.ini" #define SEARCHES_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_searches_v6.ini" #define SIGIL_V6_SETTINGS_FILE "sigil_v6.ini" So which ini files (exact file names and paths) are you talking about? Last edited by KevinH; 10-19-2023 at 08:19 AM.