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2KDE-Pim/Pi Storage HowTo
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4As a default KDE-Pim/Pi is storing it's configuration and application (contacts and calendar) data in the directory <yourHome>/kdepim/.
5This Howto is about to change these settings.
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7CONTENT:
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90) General problems
101) Zaurus and desktop settings
112) Additional settings for the desktop
123) Technical background information
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150) General problems
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18There is no problem if you start KDE-Pim/Pi, set the storage dir and restart KDE-Pim/Pi and import all your data.
19In general you can copy your data to another directory and set this a the new storage dir. The only problem are the absolute paths in the KA/Pi resource configuration.
20KA/Pi stores it's resource information in the file <storageDir>/config/kabcrc.
21Change the absolute paths there if you changed your storageDir or (that is recommended) change the path of the resources in the KA/Pi resource configuration directly.
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241) Zaurus and desktop settings
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27You can access the global settings from KA/Pi and from KO/Pi.
28To change the storage dir go to configure dialog. Choose there the "Global" TAB and there the "Data storage path" TAB.
29Change the value of the current storage path to a new (absolute) path and press the button "Save settings".
30Restart the application.
31Import your data to the application or copy the old storage dir to the new dir. Solve the KA/Pi resource path problem as in 0).
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342) Additional settings for the desktop
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37The LOCAL option:
38In the desktop versions (NOT on the Zaurus) you have the possibility to set the storage dir relative to the executable binary.
39That does mean: You can copy all the data (binaries, config data, application data) of the directory where the binaries are to another directory and it will find all files without needing to change anything. NO resource path change is needed.
40In this LOCAL mode only resource files are supported (no resource directories) and only in the <storageDir>/apps/kabc/ directory (the default directory).
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42To set the LOCAL mode go to configure dialog. Choose there the "Global" TAB and there the "Data storage path" TAB.
43Press there the button "Save using LOCAL storage".
44Restart the application.
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46This LOCAL mode makes it possible to run KO/Pi and KA/Pi from a USB stick:
47All data is read from and written to the stick.
48Just put KDE-Pim/Pi on a memory stick and you can access all your PIM data on every computer with Windows XP. It will work with the ME and Linux versions as well.
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513) Technical background information
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54Directly after the start KDE-Pim/Pi looks for the evironment variable MICROKDEHOME.
55If the variable is set, the path in the MICROKDEHOME is used as the storage dir. End.
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57If MICROKDEHOME is not set ( what is usually the case ), then
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59###DESKTOP_VERSION ONLY###
60It looks for the file .microkdehome in the directory of the binary.
61(That file is written by pressing the "Save using LOCAL storage" button in the "Data storage path" TAB ).
62If this file is found, it sets the path in the this file as the storage dir.End.
63If the path starts with a LOCAL:
64it sets the environment variable LOCALMICROKDEHOME to the path of the binary
65and takes that path as storage dir.End.
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67If the file .microkdehome in the directory of the binary is not found:
68###DESKTOP_VERSION ONLY END###
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70It looks for the file .microkdehome in the home directory of the user.
71(That file is written by pressing the "Save settings" button in the "Data storage path" TAB ).
72If this file is found, it sets the path in this file as the storage dir.End.
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74If the file .microkdehome in the home directory of the user is not found, it sets the
75<yourHome>/kdepim/ directory as the storage dir.
76End of setting the storage dir.
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78If KA/Pi opens a resource it looks for the environment variable LOCALMICROKDEHOME.
79If the variable is set, the file resource takes the path in LOCALMICROKDEHOME to find it's file.
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