### Help Sections Main Window Login Configuration File ### Create Release New Release File Selection Progress ### Edit Release Select Release Details File Selection Edit Release Status ### Other Preferences Submit News Freshmeat Setup Freshmeat Release Email Address Setup Email Announcement | # ReleaseForge Preferences You can use the Preferences dialog to customize the behavior of ReleaseForge. ### General Settings ReleaseForge Preferences The data path field corresponds to the directory where your ReleaseForge data files will be stored. ReleaseForge caches certain information regarding your SourceForge and Freshmeat configurations as well as your login credentials. This directory should be writeable to the user account that is running ReleaseForge. If you intend to save your passwords for SourceForge and Freshmeat then it is advised that this directory be inaccessible to all other users. As of version 0.9.0, this field is read-only. If you wish to select an alternative data directory then refer to the configuration page. Displaying the data path You may also specify the font used by ReleaseForge. Press the respective button to launch the font selection dialog. Selecting a font If enabled, the auto login feature instucts ReleaseForge to automatically login to SourceForge and Freshmeat as necessary. For this feature to be useful, you should instruct ReleaseForge to save your password from the appropriate login prompts. The default for auto login is disabled. Alternatively, you may leave this option disabled and use the --auto command line argument when launching ReleaseForge to achieve the same behavior. Specifying the --noauto command line flag instructs ReleaseForge not to attempt to login. The --noauto command line argument takes precedence over both --auto and the auto login setting. Toggling auto login ### Email Settings Use the Email tab to specify your email server (smtp server) and email address. configuring email server and email address After you have edited your preferences press Ok to save them. If any problems are encountered while saving your preferences, an error popup will appear which should describe the situation. To discard your changes press the Cancel button.