[epf-dev] EPF Install and configuration guide needed

[Kristian Mandrup <kristian.mandrup@xxxxxxx>]

The EPF installation includes a epf.ini
file

-data
@user.home/EPF/workspace.150
-defaultlibrary
epf_practices

Seems like any EPF installation references/creates
a folder $USER_HOME\EPF\workspace.150 (for data?) for its initial configuration
and always creates a default library called /epf_practices.
What is the function of this data folder?

If I do a fresh install of EPF in a
new place, it will still reference this folder (unless I clean the epf.ini
file!). That was a bit confusing!

I tried to rename the folder it as $USER_HOME\EPF\xxx_workspace.150.
Then when I open my new EPF installation it will create a new clean $USER_HOME\EPF\workspace.150
folder

I then import a project that I have
checked out from CVS and work a bit. When I look in the /workspace.150
folder I have a /.metadata folder with a /.plugins folder underneath. Hows
do these plugins relate to my installation(s)? I also have a /Configuration
Import Project (7589dc01) folder with a single .project file !? Does this
file relate to my imported libraries/plugins?

If I want to start up on a clean method
library project with no use of the default EPF content, I first mark all
the EPF_Practices folders to my .cvsignore file. 
Is this a good way to do it?

Important:
Sometimes when I paste a Word document
into EPF rich editor with textual references to network drive locations
(as part of documentation) my /resources folder gets filled up with all
kinds of junk!
A full CygWin installation and such.
One time I ended up with more than a Gigabyte of junk in my resources folder!!!
Any way to add a filter on what may
get included in a resources folder (globally, individually)?
Would be nice with some filepattern
inclusion/exclusion rules, perhaps defaulting to images and common document
extensions:
Image: jpg,gif,bmp, png, tiff, ...
Document: doc, docx, odt, rtf, ppt,
xls, pdf, txt, ...