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Settings like CursorPosition and FirstLine and Folding are not saved in the project.

Test this by choosing "Save Settings To: Don't save anything" in the IDE prefs.

I was hoping to rely solely on project files from now on and get rid of "at end of" source settings, or directory config or file config.

Anyway, if those (are there more too?) settings are also saved in the project file then that would be kickass

This is by design actually.

You can open/close the sources independent of the project, so storing this kind of data in the project file would be counter productive:

- if you open the file before opening the project, none of the settings can be applied
- if you keep the file open longer to the project, any changes done after closing the project would be lost.

But most important of all: A source file can be part of multiple projects. So which project would you save the configuration to ?

Settings which are still saved in the source are those that belong to the source itself, like current line, first line, folding, cursor position and line markers.

Then how about doing it this way:

* If the source has been changed, the project will get the current line, first line, folding, cursor position and line markers from the source and save those in the project.
* If the source has not been changed the project will use the current line, first line, folding, cursor position and line markers that is stored in the project.
* If the source is changed while in the project, current line, first line, folding, cursor position and line markers are saved in the project and the source.
* If the source is changed outside a project the current line, first line, folding, cursor position and line markers are saved in the source.

Does that sound logic? Unless I missed something this should give the best of both worlds.

Why am I so adamant about this? Well, because when a source is shared among two projects it is more likely that I am referencing different procedures in that source depending on which project it is.

Maybe not everybody would want this as default behavior, but I would at least want it an option for those that would, like me.