[Lazarus] Where does Lazarus store/look for global settings/options?

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Luca Olivetti schrieb:

>> Sharing a lazarus config directory by two different lazarus versions
>> can give trouble. Better use two different lazarus config directories.
>> I'm not sure what settings you want to share.
> 
> I don't really want to share them, I just want to build lazarus with my 
> selection of components, regardless of the lazarus version I'm using.

I want to build lazarus from a different source (SVN), too.

The instructions for a Windows installation look outdated, the 
directories do not match the current distribution or SVN, and I'm 
missing the final step: how to build the new Lazarus at all.

DoDi