macOS Stretching defines between source & plist

[zeppenwolf]

So I'm trying to get hip with using plist files for my application preferences. I notice that I'm copying my default pref values by hand into what will be the "defaults" plist file.

In my source code files, I of course use stuff like "#define kWombat (-1)", but I don't see how to do that in a plist file.

Moreover, what would really be best would be using *one* text file of defines which gets included in both places.

Can it be done relatively easily from XCode? Thx.

 

[larkost]

There is no such thing as a define for a plist. Rather when you are pulling in your preferences you check to see if you got anything from the preference files (note: there can be 4 of them, plus MCX settings, the system mostly handles that for you), and if you didn't get anything then you substitute your own, internally stored, default value.

 

[misee]

Check out the user defaults programming guide.