openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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Ravenwing
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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I've submitted the PR for the this so it should be up within a day. The location will be: http://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/master/ ... stall.html
Atahualpa wrote:That's why we should improve the FAQ section and add a dedicated trouble-shooting subsection. I don't think that anyone is going to read the documentation first, leading to more identical questions in our forums.
Touché, and I 100% agree that we need a dedicated trouble-shooting section. This is getting to be off topic, but is there a reason we don't have the FAQ in the wiki? It seems like it would be nice for situations like this where someone knows how to fix their own problem and thinks it should be added. We would need to do a lot of formatting work so that we had a good template for people to work from, but people are usually pretty good at following the format of what's already given to them. Is it just to control bloat?
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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Ravenwing wrote:I've submitted the PR for the this so it should be up within a day. The location will be: http://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/master/ ... stall.html
Yep, looks good.
Ravenwing wrote:This is getting to be off topic, but is there a reason we don't have the FAQ in the wiki?
That decision was made way before my time. Maybe one of our senior members can weigh in? If you ask me, there is nothing to be said against moving the FAQ to the wiki.
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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I would completely support moving the FAQ to the wiki as long as we keep the link in the main page navigation. I feel like it needs to be there for visibility.
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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A worthwhile tip for mac users might be 'Open Terminal.app and edit the configuration files using a simple text editor such as 'vi'
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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I'd suggest nano editor. Also, forcing plain text mode in TextEdit should help, try Cmd-Shift-T.
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Jyby
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Re: openmw.cfg data= line on Mac and "smart" quotes

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Opening the file in Sublime Text is another graphical alternative to get the job done.

Available for Mac and Windows: https://www.sublimetext.com
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