Default settings .ini file workaround - #1234
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Several times already when
pymca.inisaved in some old version (last tie people was using 5.5.5) lead to silent hang on start for new versions - no errors, no warnings, nothing - just infinite try to start.Several times I have problem when people accidentally save the
.inifile and then have problems (like longer start, "strange" behavior, ...) .Moreover, it was super easy to save it and then very complicated to remove it (because you need to know by heart where it is).
It ruins idea that PyMca is adapted to new standards (for example HDF5 become default option) but people could not have it because they have
.inifile from old times (and they do not remember about it).This PR simply add:
--fresh→purge→restart)P.S.
From my perspective ideally would be to have this fille inside PyMca folder so user would need to explicitly save it and use it when installing new version but:
it is not possible on MacOS (any software do not have permission to write to
Application),finally it is simply a matter of choice.