Search Domains - where are they stored in the system?

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Hello,
I was wondering where existing search domains are stored in the system on a local computer so that they are available when ELAN is opened again.
For example, when I open the “structured search” window, I can click on “Define Domain”, and domains that I used previously are listed - my question is where in the system/preference files are these search paths stored so that ELAN can access them again.
Thanks in advance,
Joshua
(using ELAN 6.4 on MacOS 12.6.1 Monterey intel-chip)

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Hello,

ELAN stores some preferences, logs, settings etc. in its own data folder, the location depends on the platform, see this section of the manual. The file you are after is named “mf_domains.pfsx” and contains for each domain either a list of file paths or a list of directories (or both). It’s fairly straightforward XML (so editing it shouldn’t be too much of a problem).

-Han

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Thanks, Han! That is exactly what I was looking for.