[Bug] Sketchup.write_default on Mac

tomasz

I have a problem with storing UTF-8 string into "default settings" on Mac.

` Sketchup.read_default("MySettings","MyKey")

nil
Sketchup.write_default("MySettings","MyKey","Test")
true
Sketchup.read_default("MySettings","MyKey")
Test
Sketchup.write_default("MySettings","MyKey","Błąd")
true!
Sketchup.read_default("MySettings","MyKey")
nil!!`

Is there any encoding that would let me store the UTF8 string into the default settings on Mac?
Where can I locate the ini file SketchUp stores the data?

Thanks
Tomasz

jeff hammond

@tomasz said:

Where can I locate the ini file SketchUp stores the data?

Thanks
Tomasz

(non developer response below.. proceed with care )

i think you're looking for the .plist file on mac instead.. in which case, it's at

user/ Library/ Preferences/ com.google.sketchuppro8.plist (or whatever SU version)..

note*-- user library is hidden on new mac OSes..

AdamB

As Jeff says, on a Mac its stored as some XML (with a .plist extension)

Why don't you just escape it:

Save it as Sketchup.write_default("MySettings","MyKey", "Błąd".unpack('H')[0])*

Load it as Sketchup.read_default("MySettings","MyKey").to_a.pack('H')*

Tadaa!

tomasz

@unknownuser said:

i think you're looking for the .plist file on mac instead.. in which case, it's at
user/ Library/ Preferences/ com.google.sketchuppro8.plist (or whatever SU version)

Thanks. Have fount it. Everything is written fine there!
It is the read method that doesn't convert it back to UTF8, I guess.

Btw. I have found MainFrame_M2Upgrade Boolean entry (switched off)

@adamb said:

Why don't you just escape it:
Save it as Sketchup.write_default("MySettings","MyKey", "Błąd".unpack('H')[0])*

Load it as Sketchup.read_default("MySettings","MyKey").to_a.pack('H')*

Tadaa!

Thanks. You are right.
I was thinking of reading the file from C++, but it is too much to find the right one. Old Ruby way will work better.

I will report the bug.

thomthom

Yea, the attributes seem to be picky about what you can store, without giving much hints to what is accepted - nor tell you when something fails.
To store data, non-text, I've been using Base64.

Dan Rathbun

Keep in mind that read_default passes the attribute text through eval() before it is returned, apparently with a rescue nil clause (or modifier.)

This is why we cannot have any un-escaped embedded double-quote characters in the attribute.