Merge branch 'configwriter' into HEAD

apps/launcher/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ set(LAUNCHER
     textslotmsgbox.cpp
     settingspage.cpp
 
-    settings/graphicssettings.cpp
-
     utils/profilescombobox.cpp
     utils/textinputdialog.cpp
     utils/lineedit.cpp
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ set(LAUNCHER_HEADER
     textslotmsgbox.hpp
     settingspage.hpp
 
-    settings/graphicssettings.hpp
-
     utils/profilescombobox.hpp
     utils/textinputdialog.hpp
     utils/lineedit.hpp

apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool Launcher::DataFilesPage::loadSettings()
     QStringList profiles = mLauncherSettings.getContentLists();
     QString currentProfile = mLauncherSettings.getCurrentContentListName();
 
-    qDebug() << "current profile is: " << currentProfile;
+    qDebug() << "The current profile is: " << currentProfile;
 
     foreach (const QString &item, profiles)
         addProfile (item, false);

apps/launcher/graphicspage.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <components/contentselector/model/naturalsort.hpp>
 
-#include "settings/graphicssettings.hpp"
+#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
 
 QString getAspect(int x, int y)
 {
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ QString getAspect(int x, int y)
     return QString(QString::number(xaspect) + ":" + QString::number(yaspect));
 }
 
-Launcher::GraphicsPage::GraphicsPage(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg, GraphicsSettings &graphicsSetting, QWidget *parent)
+Launcher::GraphicsPage::GraphicsPage(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg, Settings::Manager &engineSettings, QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
     , mCfgMgr(cfg)
-    , mGraphicsSettings(graphicsSetting)
+    , mEngineSettings(engineSettings)
 {
     setObjectName ("GraphicsPage");
     setupUi(this);
@@ -80,25 +80,26 @@ bool Launcher::GraphicsPage::loadSettings()
     if (!setupSDL())
         return false;
 
-    if (mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/vsync")) == QLatin1String("true"))
+    if (mEngineSettings.getBool("vsync", "Video"))
         vSyncCheckBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
 
-    if (mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/fullscreen")) == QLatin1String("true"))
+    if (mEngineSettings.getBool("fullscreen", "Video"))
         fullScreenCheckBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
 
-    if (mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/window border")) == QLatin1String("true"))
+    if (mEngineSettings.getBool("window border", "Video"))
         windowBorderCheckBox->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
 
-    int aaIndex = antiAliasingComboBox->findText(mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/antialiasing")));
+    // aaValue is the actual value (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16)
+    int aaValue = mEngineSettings.getInt("antialiasing", "Video");
+    // aaIndex is the index into the allowed values in the pull down.
+    int aaIndex = antiAliasingComboBox->findText(QString::number(aaValue));
     if (aaIndex != -1)
         antiAliasingComboBox->setCurrentIndex(aaIndex);
 
-    QString width = mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/resolution x"));
-    QString height = mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/resolution y"));
-    QString resolution = width + QString(" x ") + height;
-    QString screen = mGraphicsSettings.value(QString("Video/screen"));
-
-    screenComboBox->setCurrentIndex(screen.toInt());
+    int width = mEngineSettings.getInt("resolution x", "Video");
+    int height = mEngineSettings.getInt("resolution y", "Video");
+    QString resolution = QString::number(width) + QString(" x ") + QString::number(height);
+    screenComboBox->setCurrentIndex(mEngineSettings.getInt("screen", "Video"));
 
     int resIndex = resolutionComboBox->findText(resolution, Qt::MatchStartsWith);
 
@@ -107,9 +108,8 @@ bool Launcher::GraphicsPage::loadSettings()
         resolutionComboBox->setCurrentIndex(resIndex);
     } else {
         customRadioButton->toggle();
-        customWidthSpinBox->setValue(width.toInt());
-        customHeightSpinBox->setValue(height.toInt());
-
+        customWidthSpinBox->setValue(width);
+        customHeightSpinBox->setValue(height);
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -117,31 +117,46 @@ bool Launcher::GraphicsPage::loadSettings()
 
 void Launcher::GraphicsPage::saveSettings()
 {
-    vSyncCheckBox->checkState() ? mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/vsync"), QString("true"))
-                                 : mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/vsync"), QString("false"));
-
-    fullScreenCheckBox->checkState() ? mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/fullscreen"), QString("true"))
-                                      : mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/fullscreen"), QString("false"));
-
-    windowBorderCheckBox->checkState() ? mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/window border"), QString("true"))
-                                      : mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/window border"), QString("false"));
-
-    mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/antialiasing"), antiAliasingComboBox->currentText());
-
-
+    // Ensure we only set the new settings if they changed. This is to avoid cluttering the
+    // user settings file (which by definition should only contain settings the user has touched)
+    bool cVSync = vSyncCheckBox->checkState();
+    if (cVSync != mEngineSettings.getBool("vsync", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setBool("vsync", "Video", cVSync);
+
+    bool cFullScreen = fullScreenCheckBox->checkState();
+    if (cFullScreen != mEngineSettings.getBool("fullscreen", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setBool("fullscreen", "Video", cFullScreen);
+
+    bool cWindowBorder = windowBorderCheckBox->checkState();
+    if (cWindowBorder != mEngineSettings.getBool("window border", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setBool("window border", "Video", cWindowBorder);
+
+    int cAAValue = antiAliasingComboBox->currentText().toInt();
+    if (cAAValue != mEngineSettings.getInt("antialiasing", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setInt("antialiasing", "Video", cAAValue);
+
+    int cWidth = 0;
+    int cHeight = 0;
     if (standardRadioButton->isChecked()) {
         QRegExp resolutionRe(QString("(\\d+) x (\\d+).*"));
-
         if (resolutionRe.exactMatch(resolutionComboBox->currentText().simplified())) {
-            mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/resolution x"), resolutionRe.cap(1));
-            mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/resolution y"), resolutionRe.cap(2));
+            cWidth = resolutionRe.cap(1).toInt();
+            cHeight = resolutionRe.cap(2).toInt();
         }
     } else {
-        mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/resolution x"), QString::number(customWidthSpinBox->value()));
-        mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/resolution y"), QString::number(customHeightSpinBox->value()));
+        cWidth = customWidthSpinBox->value();
+        cHeight = customHeightSpinBox->value();
     }
 
-    mGraphicsSettings.setValue(QString("Video/screen"), QString::number(screenComboBox->currentIndex()));
+    if (cWidth != mEngineSettings.getInt("resolution x", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setInt("resolution x", "Video", cWidth);
+
+    if (cHeight != mEngineSettings.getInt("resolution y", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setInt("resolution y", "Video", cHeight);
+
+    int cScreen = screenComboBox->currentIndex();
+    if (cScreen != mEngineSettings.getInt("screen", "Video"))
+        mEngineSettings.setInt("screen", "Video", cScreen);
 }
 
 QStringList Launcher::GraphicsPage::getAvailableResolutions(int screen)

apps/launcher/graphicspage.hpp

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "ui_graphicspage.h"
 
+#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
+
 namespace Files { struct ConfigurationManager; }
 
 namespace Launcher
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Launcher
         Q_OBJECT
 
     public:
-        GraphicsPage(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg, GraphicsSettings &graphicsSettings, QWidget *parent = 0);
+        GraphicsPage(Files::ConfigurationManager &cfg, Settings::Manager &engineSettings, QWidget *parent = 0);
 
         void saveSettings();
         bool loadSettings();
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Launcher
 
     private:
         Files::ConfigurationManager &mCfgMgr;
-        GraphicsSettings &mGraphicsSettings;
+        Settings::Manager &mEngineSettings;
 
         QStringList getAvailableResolutions(int screen);
         QRect getMaximumResolution();

apps/launcher/maindialog.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
 
 using namespace Process;
 
+void cfgError(const QString& title, const QString& msg) {
+    QMessageBox msgBox;
+    msgBox.setWindowTitle(title);
+    msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+    msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+    msgBox.setText(msg);
+    msgBox.exec();
+}
+
 Launcher::MainDialog::MainDialog(QWidget *parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent), mGameSettings (mCfgMgr)
 {
@@ -105,7 +114,7 @@ void Launcher::MainDialog::createPages()
 {
     mPlayPage = new PlayPage(this);
     mDataFilesPage = new DataFilesPage(mCfgMgr, mGameSettings, mLauncherSettings, this);
-    mGraphicsPage = new GraphicsPage(mCfgMgr, mGraphicsSettings, this);
+    mGraphicsPage = new GraphicsPage(mCfgMgr, mEngineSettings, this);
     mSettingsPage = new SettingsPage(mCfgMgr, mGameSettings, mLauncherSettings, this);
 
     // Set the combobox of the play page to imitate the combobox on the datafilespage
@@ -261,14 +270,10 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::setupLauncherSettings()
         QFile file(path);
         if (file.exists()) {
             if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-                QMessageBox msgBox;
-                msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"));
-                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-                msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
-                                           Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                                           and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                                           msgBox.exec();
+                cfgError(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"),
+                         tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                             Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                             and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
                 return false;
             }
             QTextStream stream(&file);
@@ -296,14 +301,10 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::setupGameSettings()
 
     if (file.exists()) {
         if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-            QMessageBox msgBox;
-            msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"));
-            msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-            msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-            msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
-                                       Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                                       and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                                       msgBox.exec();
+            cfgError(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"),
+                     tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                         Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                         and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
             return false;
         }
         QTextStream stream(&file);
@@ -324,14 +325,10 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::setupGameSettings()
         QFile file(path);
         if (file.exists()) {
             if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-                QMessageBox msgBox;
-                msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"));
-                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-                msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
-                                           Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                                           and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                                           msgBox.exec();
+                cfgError(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"),
+                         tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                             Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                             and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
                 return false;
             }
             QTextStream stream(&file);
@@ -383,53 +380,51 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::setupGameSettings()
 
 bool Launcher::MainDialog::setupGraphicsSettings()
 {
-    mGraphicsSettings.setMultiValueEnabled(false);
-
-    QString userPath = QString::fromUtf8(mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath().string().c_str());
-    QString globalPath = QString::fromUtf8(mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath().string().c_str());
-
-    QFile localDefault(QString("settings-default.cfg"));
-    QFile globalDefault(globalPath + QString("settings-default.cfg"));
-
-    if (!localDefault.exists() && !globalDefault.exists()) {
-        QMessageBox msgBox;
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error reading OpenMW configuration file"));
-        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-        msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not find settings-default.cfg</b><br><br> \
-                                   The problem may be due to an incomplete installation of OpenMW.<br> \
-                                   Reinstalling OpenMW may resolve the problem."));
-                                   msgBox.exec();
+    // This method is almost a copy of OMW::Engine::loadSettings().  They should definitely
+    // remain consistent, and possibly be merged into a shared component.  At the very least
+    // the filenames should be in the CfgMgr component.
+
+    // Create the settings manager and load default settings file
+    const std::string localDefault = (mCfgMgr.getLocalPath() / "settings-default.cfg").string();
+    const std::string globalDefault = (mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath() / "settings-default.cfg").string();
+    std::string defaultPath;
+
+    // Prefer the settings-default.cfg in the current directory.
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(localDefault))
+        defaultPath = localDefault;
+    else if (boost::filesystem::exists(globalDefault))
+        defaultPath = globalDefault;
+    // Something's very wrong if we can't find the file at all.
+    else {
+        cfgError(tr("Error reading OpenMW configuration file"),
+                 tr("<br><b>Could not find settings-default.cfg</b><br><br> \
+                     The problem may be due to an incomplete installation of OpenMW.<br> \
+                     Reinstalling OpenMW may resolve the problem."));
         return false;
     }
 
+    // Load the default settings, report any parsing errors.
+    try {
+        mEngineSettings.loadDefault(defaultPath);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e) {
+        std::string msg = std::string("<br><b>Error reading settings-default.cfg</b><br><br>") + e.what();
+        cfgError(tr("Error reading OpenMW configuration file"), tr(msg.c_str()));
+        return false;
+    }
 
-    QStringList paths;
-    paths.append(globalPath + QString("settings-default.cfg"));
-    paths.append(QString("settings-default.cfg"));
-    paths.append(userPath + QString("settings.cfg"));
-
-    foreach (const QString &path, paths) {
-        qDebug() << "Loading config file:" << qPrintable(path);
-        QFile file(path);
-        if (file.exists()) {
-            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-                QMessageBox msgBox;
-                msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenMW configuration file"));
-                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-                msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
-                                           Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                                           and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                                           msgBox.exec();
-                return false;
-            }
-            QTextStream stream(&file);
-            stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
+    // Load user settings if they exist
+    const std::string userPath = (mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath() / "settings.cfg").string();
+    // User settings are not required to exist, so if they don't we're done.
+    if (!boost::filesystem::exists(userPath)) return true;
 
-            mGraphicsSettings.readFile(stream);
-        }
-        file.close();
+    try {
+        mEngineSettings.loadUser(userPath);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e) {
+        std::string msg = std::string("<br><b>Error reading settings.cfg</b><br><br>") + e.what();
+        cfgError(tr("Error reading OpenMW configuration file"), tr(msg.c_str()));
+        return false;
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -478,15 +473,11 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::writeSettings()
 
     if (!dir.exists()) {
         if (!dir.mkpath(userPath)) {
-            QMessageBox msgBox;
-            msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error creating OpenMW configuration directory"));
-            msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-            msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-            msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not create %0</b><br><br> \
-                              Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                              and try again.<br>").arg(userPath));
-                              msgBox.exec();
-                           return false;
+            cfgError(tr("Error creating OpenMW configuration directory"),
+                     tr("<br><b>Could not create %0</b><br><br> \
+                         Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                         and try again.<br>").arg(userPath));
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -495,15 +486,11 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::writeSettings()
 
     if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text)) {
         // File cannot be opened or created
-        QMessageBox msgBox;
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error writing OpenMW configuration file"));
-        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-        msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open or create %0 for writing</b><br><br> \
-                          Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                          and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                          msgBox.exec();
-                       return false;
+        cfgError(tr("Error writing OpenMW configuration file"),
+                 tr("<br><b>Could not open or create %0 for writing</b><br><br> \
+                     Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                     and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
+        return false;
     }
 
 
@@ -511,44 +498,30 @@ bool Launcher::MainDialog::writeSettings()
     file.close();
 
     // Graphics settings
-    file.setFileName(userPath + QString("settings.cfg"));
-
-    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate)) {
-        // File cannot be opened or created
-        QMessageBox msgBox;
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error writing OpenMW configuration file"));
-        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-        msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open or create %0 for writing</b><br><br> \
-                          Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                          and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                          msgBox.exec();
-                       return false;
+    const std::string settingsPath = (mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath() / "settings.cfg").string();
+    try {
+        mEngineSettings.saveUser(settingsPath);
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e) {
+        std::string msg = "<br><b>Error writing settings.cfg</b><br><br>" +
+            settingsPath + "<br><br>" + e.what();
+        cfgError(tr("Error writing user settings file"), tr(msg.c_str()));
+        return false;
     }
-
-    QTextStream stream(&file);
-    stream.setDevice(&file);
-    stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-
-    mGraphicsSettings.writeFile(stream);
-    file.close();
 
     // Launcher settings
     file.setFileName(userPath + QString(Config::LauncherSettings::sLauncherConfigFileName));
 
     if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate)) {
         // File cannot be opened or created
-        QMessageBox msgBox;
-        msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error writing Launcher configuration file"));
-        msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-        msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-        msgBox.setText(tr("<br><b>Could not open or create %0 for writing</b><br><br> \
-                          Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                          and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                          msgBox.exec();
-                       return false;
+        cfgError(tr("Error writing Launcher configuration file"),
+                 tr("<br><b>Could not open or create %0 for writing</b><br><br> \
+                     Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                     and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
+        return false;
     }
 
+    QTextStream stream(&file);
     stream.setDevice(&file);
     stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
 

apps/launcher/maindialog.hpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <components/config/gamesettings.hpp>
 #include <components/config/launchersettings.hpp>
 
-#include "settings/graphicssettings.hpp"
+#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
 
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Launcher
         Files::ConfigurationManager mCfgMgr;
 
         Config::GameSettings mGameSettings;
-        GraphicsSettings mGraphicsSettings;
+        Settings::Manager mEngineSettings;
         Config::LauncherSettings mLauncherSettings;
 
     };

apps/launcher/settings/graphicssettings.cpp

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#include "graphicssettings.hpp"
-
-#include <QTextStream>
-#include <QString>
-#include <QRegExp>
-#include <QMap>
-
-Launcher::GraphicsSettings::GraphicsSettings()
-{
-}
-
-Launcher::GraphicsSettings::~GraphicsSettings()
-{
-}
-
-bool Launcher::GraphicsSettings::writeFile(QTextStream &stream)
-{
-    QString sectionPrefix;
-    QRegExp sectionRe("([^/]+)/(.+)$");
-    QMap<QString, QString> settings = SettingsBase::getSettings();
-
-    QMapIterator<QString, QString> i(settings);
-    while (i.hasNext()) {
-        i.next();
-
-        QString prefix;
-        QString key;
-
-        if (sectionRe.exactMatch(i.key())) {
-             prefix = sectionRe.cap(1);
-             key = sectionRe.cap(2);
-        }
-
-        if (sectionPrefix != prefix) {
-            sectionPrefix = prefix;
-            stream << "\n[" << prefix << "]\n";
-        }
-
-        stream << key << " = " << i.value() << "\n";
-    }
-
-    return true;
-
-}

apps/launcher/settings/graphicssettings.hpp

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef GRAPHICSSETTINGS_HPP
-#define GRAPHICSSETTINGS_HPP
-
-#include <components/config/settingsbase.hpp>
-
-namespace Launcher
-{
-    class GraphicsSettings : public Config::SettingsBase<QMap<QString, QString> >
-    {
-    public:
-        GraphicsSettings();
-        ~GraphicsSettings();
-
-        bool writeFile(QTextStream &stream);
-
-    };
-}
-#endif // GRAPHICSSETTINGS_HPP

apps/openmw/engine.cpp

@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ void OMW::Engine::setSkipMenu (bool skipMenu, bool newGame)
 std::string OMW::Engine::loadSettings (Settings::Manager & settings)
 {
     // Create the settings manager and load default settings file
-    const std::string localdefault = mCfgMgr.getLocalPath().string() + "/settings-default.cfg";
-    const std::string globaldefault = mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath().string() + "/settings-default.cfg";
+    const std::string localdefault = (mCfgMgr.getLocalPath() / "settings-default.cfg").string();
+    const std::string globaldefault = (mCfgMgr.getGlobalPath() / "settings-default.cfg").string();
 
     // prefer local
     if (boost::filesystem::exists(localdefault))
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ std::string OMW::Engine::loadSettings (Settings::Manager & settings)
         throw std::runtime_error ("No default settings file found! Make sure the file \"settings-default.cfg\" was properly installed.");
 
     // load user settings if they exist
-    const std::string settingspath = mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath().string() + "/settings.cfg";
+    const std::string settingspath = (mCfgMgr.getUserConfigPath() / "settings.cfg").string();
     if (boost::filesystem::exists(settingspath))
         settings.loadUser(settingspath);
 

components/config/launchersettings.cpp

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ QStringList Config::LauncherSettings::subKeys(const QString &key)
     QMap<QString, QString> settings = SettingsBase::getSettings();
     QStringList keys = settings.uniqueKeys();
 
-    qDebug() << keys;
-
     QRegExp keyRe("(.+)/");
 
     QStringList result;

components/settings/settings.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include <components/misc/stringops.hpp>
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ CategorySettingValueMap Manager::mDefaultSettings = CategorySettingValueMap();
 CategorySettingValueMap Manager::mUserSettings = CategorySettingValueMap();
 CategorySettingVector Manager::mChangedSettings = CategorySettingVector();
 
+typedef std::map< CategorySetting, bool > CategorySettingStatusMap;
 
 class SettingsFileParser
 {
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public:
         mFile = file;
         boost::filesystem::ifstream stream;
         stream.open(boost::filesystem::path(file));
+        std::cout << "Loading settings file: " << file << std::endl;
         std::string currentCategory;
         mLine = 0;
         while (!stream.eof() && !stream.fail())
@@ -117,6 +120,215 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    void saveSettingsFile (const std::string& file, CategorySettingValueMap& settings)
+    {
+        // No options have been written to the file yet.
+        CategorySettingStatusMap written;
+        for (CategorySettingValueMap::iterator it = settings.begin(); it != settings.end(); ++it) {
+            written[it->first] = false;
+        }
+
+        // Have we substantively changed the settings file?
+        bool changed = false;
+
+        // Were there any lines at all in the file?
+        bool existing = false;
+
+        // The category/section we're currently in.
+        std::string currentCategory;
+
+        // Open the existing settings.cfg file to copy comments.  This might not be the same file
+        // as the output file if we're copying the setting from the default settings.cfg for the
+        // first time.  A minor change in API to pass the source file might be in order here.
+        boost::filesystem::ifstream istream;
+        boost::filesystem::path ipath(file);
+        istream.open(ipath);
+
+        // Create a new string stream to write the current settings to.  It's likely that the
+        // input file and the output file are the same, so this stream serves as a temporary file
+        // of sorts.  The setting files aren't very large so there's no performance issue.
+        std::stringstream ostream;
+
+        // For every line in the input file...
+        while (!istream.eof() && !istream.fail()) {
+            std::string line;
+            std::getline(istream, line);
+
+            // The current character position in the line.
+            size_t i = 0;
+
+            // Don't add additional newlines at the end of the file.
+            if (istream.eof()) continue;
+
+            // Copy entirely blank lines.
+            if (!skipWhiteSpace(i, line)) {
+                ostream << line << std::endl;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // There were at least some comments in the input file.
+            existing = true;
+
+            // Copy comments.
+            if (line[i] == '#') {
+                ostream << line << std::endl;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Category heading.
+            if (line[i] == '[') {
+                size_t end = line.find(']', i);
+                // This should never happen unless the player edited the file while playing.
+                if (end == std::string::npos) {
+                    ostream << "# unterminated category: " << line << std::endl;
+                    changed = true;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Ensure that all options in the current category have been written.
+                for (CategorySettingStatusMap::iterator mit = written.begin(); mit != written.end(); ++mit) {
+                    if (mit->second == false && mit->first.first == currentCategory) {
+                        std::cout << "Added new setting: [" << currentCategory << "] "
+                                  << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                        ostream << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                        mit->second = true;
+                        changed = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Update the current category.
+                currentCategory = line.substr(i+1, end - (i+1));
+                boost::algorithm::trim(currentCategory);
+
+                // Write the (new) current category to the file.
+                ostream << "[" << currentCategory << "]" << std::endl;
+                //std::cout << "Wrote category: " << currentCategory << std::endl;
+
+                // A setting can apparently follow the category on an input line.  That's rather
+                // inconvenient, since it makes it more likely to have duplicative sections,
+                // which our algorithm doesn't like.  Do the best we can.
+                i = end+1;
+            }
+
+            // Truncate trailing whitespace, since we're changing the file anayway.
+            if (!skipWhiteSpace(i, line))
+                continue;
+
+            // If we've found settings before the first category, something's wrong.  This
+            // should never happen unless the player edited the file while playing, since
+            // the loadSettingsFile() logic rejects it.
+            if (currentCategory.empty()) {
+                ostream << "# empty category name: " << line << std::endl;
+                changed = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Which setting was at this location in the input file?
+            size_t settingEnd = line.find('=', i);
+            // This should never happen unless the player edited the file while playing.
+            if (settingEnd == std::string::npos) {
+                ostream << "# unterminated setting name: " << line << std::endl;
+                changed = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+            std::string setting = line.substr(i, (settingEnd-i));
+            boost::algorithm::trim(setting);
+
+            // Get the existing value so we can see if we've changed it.
+            size_t valueBegin = settingEnd+1;
+            std::string value = line.substr(valueBegin);
+            boost::algorithm::trim(value);
+
+            // Construct the setting map key to determine whether the setting has already been
+            // written to the file.
+            CategorySetting key = std::make_pair(currentCategory, setting);
+            CategorySettingStatusMap::iterator finder = written.find(key);
+
+            // Settings not in the written map are definitely invalid.  Currently, this can only
+            // happen if the player edited the file while playing, because loadSettingsFile()
+            // will accept anything and pass it along in the map, but in the future, we might
+            // want to handle invalid settings more gracefully here.
+            if (finder == written.end()) {
+                ostream << "# invalid setting: " << line << std::endl;
+                changed = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Write the current value of the setting to the file.  The key must exist in the
+            // settings map because of how written was initialized and finder != end().
+            ostream << setting << " = " << settings[key] << std::endl;
+            // Mark that setting as written.
+            finder->second = true;
+            // Did we really change it?
+            if (value != settings[key]) {
+                std::cout << "Changed setting: [" << currentCategory << "] "
+                          << setting << " = " << settings[key] << std::endl;
+                changed = true;
+            }
+            // No need to write the current line, because we just emitted a replacement.
+
+            // Curiously, it appears that comments at the ends of lines with settings are not
+            // allowed, and the comment becomes part of the value.  Was that intended?
+        }
+
+        // We're done with the input stream file.
+        istream.close();
+
+        // Ensure that all options in the current category have been written.  We must complete
+        // the current category at the end of the file before moving on to any new categories.
+        for (CategorySettingStatusMap::iterator mit = written.begin(); mit != written.end(); ++mit) {
+            if (mit->second == false && mit->first.first == currentCategory) {
+                std::cout << "Added new setting: [" << mit->first.first << "] "
+                          << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                ostream << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                mit->second = true;
+                changed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If there was absolutely nothing in the file (or more likely the file didn't
+        // exist), start the newly created file with a helpful comment.
+        if (!existing) {
+            ostream << "# This is the OpenMW user 'settings.cfg' file.  This file only contains" << std::endl;
+            ostream << "# explicitly changed settings.  If you would like to revert a setting" << std::endl;
+            ostream << "# to its default, simply remove it from this file.  For available" << std::endl;
+            ostream << "# settings, see the file 'settings-default.cfg' or the documentation at:" << std::endl;
+            ostream << "#" << std::endl;
+            ostream << "#   https://wiki.openmw.org/index.php?title=Settings" << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        // We still have one more thing to do before we're completely done writing the file.
+        // It's possible that there are entirely new categories, or that the input file had
+        // disappeared completely, so we need ensure that all settings are written to the file
+        // regardless of those issues.
+        for (CategorySettingStatusMap::iterator mit = written.begin(); mit != written.end(); ++mit) {
+            // If the setting hasn't been written yet.
+            if (mit->second == false) {
+                // If the catgory has changed, write a new category header.
+                if (mit->first.first != currentCategory) {
+                    currentCategory = mit->first.first;
+                    std::cout << "Created new setting section: " << mit->first.first << std::endl;
+                    ostream << std::endl;
+                    ostream << "[" << currentCategory << "]" << std::endl;
+                }
+                std::cout << "Added new setting: [" << mit->first.first << "] "
+                          << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                // Then write the setting.  No need to mark it as written because we're done.
+                ostream << mit->first.second << " = " << settings[mit->first] << std::endl;
+                changed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Now install the newly written file in the requested place.
+        if (changed) {
+            std::cout << "Updating settings file: " << ipath << std::endl;
+            boost::filesystem::ofstream ofstream;
+            ofstream.open(ipath);
+            ofstream << ostream.rdbuf();
+            ofstream.close();
+        }
+    }
+
 private:
     /// Increment i until it longer points to a whitespace character
     /// in the string or has reached the end of the string.
@@ -155,18 +367,8 @@ void Manager::loadUser(const std::string &file)
 
 void Manager::saveUser(const std::string &file)
 {
-    boost::filesystem::ofstream stream;
-    stream.open(boost::filesystem::path(file));
-    std::string currentCategory;
-    for (CategorySettingValueMap::iterator it = mUserSettings.begin(); it != mUserSettings.end(); ++it)
-    {
-        if (it->first.first != currentCategory)
-        {
-            currentCategory = it->first.first;
-            stream << "\n[" << currentCategory << "]\n";
-        }
-        stream << it->first.second << " = " << it->second << "\n";
-    }
+    SettingsFileParser parser;
+    parser.saveSettingsFile(file, mUserSettings);
 }
 
 std::string Manager::getString(const std::string &setting, const std::string &category)