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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-40283

QSettings: Documentation and implementation differ

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • None
    • 5.3.1
    • Core: I/O, Documentation
    • None
    • linux

    Description

      The Documentation for QSettings states that QSettings ini format uses case-insensitive keys, but on linux thats not correct.

      The source shows the following:

      qtbase/src/corelib/io/qsettings_p.h
      ...
#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
#define QT_QSETTINGS_ALWAYS_CASE_SENSITIVE_AND_FORGET_ORIGINAL_KEY_ORDER
#endif

// used in testing framework
#define QSETTINGS_P_H_VERSION 3

#ifdef QT_QSETTINGS_ALWAYS_CASE_SENSITIVE_AND_FORGET_ORIGINAL_KEY_ORDER
static const Qt::CaseSensitivity IniCaseSensitivity = Qt::CaseSensitive;
...

      Therefore on Linux the ini format is CaseSensitive.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-28893 QSettings regression when being used in INI format

          • P4: Low - Would be nice to fix, but it's not very important.
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              cmon Simon Schäfer
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