symlink to com.googlecode.iterm2.plist

[tonymcdaniel]

I copied my iTerm preference file com.googlecode.iterm2.plist to my
Dropbox, then created symlinks in the Preferences folder on my iMac
and MacBook. However, I noticed that if I edit the preferences in
iTerm, the the symlink is replaced with a new plist file in the
Preferences folder.

I assume this is happening because iTerm is deleting the old plist and
writing a new one when it saves. Is this the correct behavior, or is
this something that should be filed as a bug report?

Tony

[George Nachman]

I suspect you'll find that iTerm2 is not unusual in this respect. The reason is that we only modify that file through a system API (NSUserDefaults is the class). I didn't know you could create symlinks to dropbox; I was thinking about how we could move prefs into DB so they could be shared between machines.

I would like to make this work. I think the solution will probably not involve a symlink, and will require setting a file in Preferences. Please file a bug for it and I'll look into it.

Thanks,

G