Ticket #4238 - What is the function of system.cfg ?

[Kunda1]

I've wondered about this and I can't tell what it's purpose is for:

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$ cat ~/.FreeCAD/system.cfg.old 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<FCParameters>

  <FCParamGroup Name="Root">
    <FCParamGroup Name="Modules">
      <FCParamGroup Name="Image">
        <FCText Name="HelpIndex">Image/Help/index.html</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchName">Image</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchModule">ImageWorkbench.py</FCText>
      </FCParamGroup>
      <FCParamGroup Name="Path">
        <FCText Name="HelpIndex">Path/Help/index.html</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchName">Path</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchModule">PathWorkbench.py</FCText>
      </FCParamGroup>
      <FCParamGroup Name="Spreadsheet">
        <FCText Name="HelpIndex">Spreadsheet/Help/index.html</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchName">Spreadsheet</FCText>
        <FCText Name="WorkBenchModule">SpreadsheetWorkbench.py</FCText>
      </FCParamGroup>
    </FCParamGroup>
  </FCParamGroup>

</FCParameters>

[wmayer]

It never had a real function. Maybe this changes one day.

[Kunda1]

It never had a real function. Maybe this changes one day.

Hey @wmayer thanks for responding. Do you happen to know why it was conceived?

Perhaps we can move local system related parameters like:

• path/to/3rdParty/binaries
• ...[wip]

[Kunda1]

JFYI, tracking this topic via issue #4238

[openBrain]

It could have some logics that user.cfg contains user specific settings, and system.cfg contains OS/system specific parameters.
But the problem I see ATM is that system.cfg is stored in a user dependent location ('~' in Linux, '%APPDATA%' in Windows) so it will never serve its purpose correctly.
My conclusion is that the current system.cfg is forever useless.

[fc_tofu]

Its filename indicates very importance, while its content is meaningless.

I propose removing it.

[TheMarkster]

There don't seem to be any system macros, either, unless there are some I don't know about.