Desktop: Resolves #591: Add support for multiple profiles (#6385)

.eslintignore

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.js.map
@@ -175,6 +178,18 @@ packages/app-desktop/commands/startExternalEditing.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.js.map
@@ -259,6 +274,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/KeymapConfig/utils/useKeymap.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.js.map
@@ -1246,6 +1264,9 @@ packages/lib/services/DecryptionWorker.js.map
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.js
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.js.map
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.js
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.js.map
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.js
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.js.map
@@ -1570,6 +1591,24 @@ packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.js.map
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.js
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.js.map
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.js
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.js.map

.gitignore

@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/checkForUpdates.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/copyDevCommand.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/exportFolders.js.map
@@ -165,6 +168,18 @@ packages/app-desktop/commands/startExternalEditing.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/stopExternalEditing.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.js
+packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.js
 packages/app-desktop/commands/toggleExternalEditing.js.map
@@ -249,6 +264,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/KeymapConfig/utils/useKeymap.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/MainScreen.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/commandPalette.js.map
@@ -1236,6 +1254,9 @@ packages/lib/services/DecryptionWorker.js.map
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.js
 packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.js.map
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.js
+packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.js.map
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.js
 packages/lib/services/ItemChangeUtils.js.map
@@ -1560,6 +1581,24 @@ packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.js.map
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.js
 packages/lib/services/plugins/utils/validatePluginVersion.test.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.js.map
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.d.ts
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.js
+packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.js.map
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.d.ts
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.js
 packages/lib/services/rest/Api.js.map

packages/app-desktop/commands/editProfileConfig.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import Setting from '../../lib/models/Setting';
+import { openFileWithExternalEditor } from '../../lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils';
+import bridge from '../services/bridge';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'editProfileConfig',
+	label: () => _('Edit profile configuration...'),
+};
+
+export const runtime = (): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (_context: CommandContext) => {
+			await openFileWithExternalEditor(`${Setting.value('rootProfileDir')}/profiles.json`, bridge());
+		},
+		enabledCondition: 'hasMultiProfiles',
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/commands/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // AUTO-GENERATED using `gulp buildCommandIndex`
 import * as copyDevCommand from './copyDevCommand';
+import * as editProfileConfig from './editProfileConfig';
 import * as exportFolders from './exportFolders';
 import * as exportNotes from './exportNotes';
 import * as focusElement from './focusElement';
@@ -8,11 +9,16 @@ import * as replaceMisspelling from './replaceMisspelling';
 import * as restoreNoteRevision from './restoreNoteRevision';
 import * as startExternalEditing from './startExternalEditing';
 import * as stopExternalEditing from './stopExternalEditing';
+import * as switchProfile from './switchProfile';
+import * as switchProfile1 from './switchProfile1';
+import * as switchProfile2 from './switchProfile2';
+import * as switchProfile3 from './switchProfile3';
 import * as toggleExternalEditing from './toggleExternalEditing';
 import * as toggleSafeMode from './toggleSafeMode';
 
 const index:any[] = [
 	copyDevCommand,
+	editProfileConfig,
 	exportFolders,
 	exportNotes,
 	focusElement,
@@ -21,6 +27,10 @@ const index:any[] = [
 	restoreNoteRevision,
 	startExternalEditing,
 	stopExternalEditing,
+	switchProfile,
+	switchProfile1,
+	switchProfile2,
+	switchProfile3,
 	toggleExternalEditing,
 	toggleSafeMode,
 ];

packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import Setting from '@joplin/lib/models/Setting';
+import { saveProfileConfig } from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig';
+import { ProfileConfig } from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig/types';
+import bridge from '../services/bridge';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'switchProfile',
+};
+
+export const runtime = (): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (context: CommandContext, profileIndex: number) => {
+			const currentConfig = context.state.profileConfig;
+			if (currentConfig.currentProfile === profileIndex) return;
+
+			const newConfig: ProfileConfig = {
+				...currentConfig,
+				currentProfile: profileIndex,
+			};
+
+			await saveProfileConfig(`${Setting.value('rootProfileDir')}/profiles.json`, newConfig);
+			bridge().restart();
+		},
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile1.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import CommandService, { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'switchProfile1',
+	label: () => _('Switch to profile %d', 1),
+};
+
+export const runtime = (): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (_context: CommandContext) => {
+			await CommandService.instance().execute('switchProfile', 0);
+		},
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile2.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import CommandService, { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'switchProfile2',
+	label: () => _('Switch to profile %d', 2),
+};
+
+export const runtime = (): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (_context: CommandContext) => {
+			await CommandService.instance().execute('switchProfile', 1);
+		},
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/commands/switchProfile3.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import CommandService, { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'switchProfile3',
+	label: () => _('Switch to profile %d', 3),
+};
+
+export const runtime = (): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (_context: CommandContext) => {
+			await CommandService.instance().execute('switchProfile', 2);
+		},
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/addProfile.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { CommandRuntime, CommandDeclaration, CommandContext } from '@joplin/lib/services/CommandService';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+import { createNewProfile, saveProfileConfig } from '@joplin/lib/services/profileConfig';
+import Setting from '@joplin/lib/models/Setting';
+import bridge from '../../../services/bridge';
+
+export const declaration: CommandDeclaration = {
+	name: 'addProfile',
+	label: () => _('Create new profile...'),
+};
+
+export const runtime = (comp: any): CommandRuntime => {
+	return {
+		execute: async (context: CommandContext) => {
+			comp.setState({
+				promptOptions: {
+					label: _('Profile name:'),
+					buttons: ['create', 'cancel'],
+					value: '',
+					onClose: async (answer: string) => {
+						if (answer) {
+							const newConfig = await createNewProfile(context.state.profileConfig, answer);
+							newConfig.currentProfile = newConfig.profiles.length - 1;
+							await saveProfileConfig(`${Setting.value('rootProfileDir')}/profiles.json`, newConfig);
+							bridge().restart();
+						}
+
+						comp.setState({ promptOptions: null });
+					},
+				},
+			});
+		},
+	};
+};

packages/app-desktop/gui/MainScreen/commands/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // AUTO-GENERATED using `gulp buildCommandIndex`
+import * as addProfile from './addProfile';
 import * as commandPalette from './commandPalette';
 import * as editAlarm from './editAlarm';
 import * as exportPdf from './exportPdf';
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import * as toggleSideBar from './toggleSideBar';
 import * as toggleVisiblePanes from './toggleVisiblePanes';
 
 const index:any[] = [
+	addProfile,
 	commandPalette,
 	editAlarm,
 	exportPdf,

packages/app-desktop/gui/MenuBar.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { AppState } from '../app.reducer';
 import InteropService from '@joplin/lib/services/interop/InteropService';
 import { stateUtils } from '@joplin/lib/reducer';
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import menuCommandNames from './menuCommandNames';
 import stateToWhenClauseContext from '../services/commands/stateToWhenClauseContext';
 import bridge from '../services/bridge';
 import checkForUpdates from '../checkForUpdates';
-
 const { connect } = require('react-redux');
 import { reg } from '@joplin/lib/registry';
+import { ProfileConfig } from '../../lib/services/profileConfig/types';
 const packageInfo = require('../packageInfo.js');
 const { clipboard } = require('electron');
 const Menu = bridge().Menu;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function pluginMenuItemsCommandNames(menuItems: MenuItem[]): string[] {
 	return output;
 }
 
-function pluginCommandNames(plugins: PluginStates): string[] {
+function getPluginCommandNames(plugins: PluginStates): string[] {
 	let output: string[] = [];
 
 	for (const view of pluginUtils.viewsByType(plugins, 'menu')) {
@@ -70,6 +70,42 @@ function createPluginMenuTree(label: string, menuItems: MenuItem[], onMenuItemCl
 	return output;
 }
 
+const useSwitchProfileMenuItems = (profileConfig: ProfileConfig, menuItemDic: any) => {
+	return useMemo(() => {
+		const switchProfileMenuItems: any[] = [];
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < profileConfig.profiles.length; i++) {
+			const profile = profileConfig.profiles[i];
+
+			let menuItem: any = {};
+			const profileNum = i + 1;
+
+			if (menuItemDic[`switchProfile${profileNum}`]) {
+				menuItem = { ...menuItemDic[`switchProfile${profileNum}`] };
+			} else {
+				menuItem = {
+					label: profile.name,
+					click: () => {
+						void CommandService.instance().execute('switchProfile', i);
+					},
+				};
+			}
+
+			menuItem.label = profile.name;
+			menuItem.type = 'checkbox';
+			menuItem.checked = profileConfig.currentProfile === i;
+
+			switchProfileMenuItems.push(menuItem);
+		}
+
+		switchProfileMenuItems.push({ type: 'separator' });
+		switchProfileMenuItems.push(menuItemDic.addProfile);
+		switchProfileMenuItems.push(menuItemDic.editProfileConfig);
+
+		return switchProfileMenuItems;
+	}, [profileConfig, menuItemDic]);
+};
+
 interface Props {
 	dispatch: Function;
 	menuItemProps: any;
@@ -90,6 +126,7 @@ interface Props {
 	plugins: PluginStates;
 	customCss: string;
 	locale: string;
+	profileConfig: ProfileConfig;
 }
 
 const commandNames: string[] = menuCommandNames();
@@ -241,6 +278,18 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 	const onImportModuleClickRef = useRef(null);
 	onImportModuleClickRef.current = onImportModuleClick;
 
+	const pluginCommandNames = useMemo(() => props.pluginMenuItems.map((view: any) => view.commandName), [props.pluginMenuItems]);
+
+	const menuItemDic = useMemo(() => {
+		return menuUtils.commandsToMenuItems(
+			commandNames.concat(pluginCommandNames),
+			(commandName: string) => onMenuItemClickRef.current(commandName),
+			props.locale
+		);
+	}, [commandNames, pluginCommandNames, props.locale]);
+
+	const switchProfileMenuItems: any[] = useSwitchProfileMenuItems(props.profileConfig, menuItemDic);
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		let timeoutId: any = null;
 
@@ -249,13 +298,6 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 
 			const keymapService = KeymapService.instance();
 
-			const pluginCommandNames = props.pluginMenuItems.map((view: any) => view.commandName);
-			const menuItemDic = menuUtils.commandsToMenuItems(
-				commandNames.concat(pluginCommandNames),
-				(commandName: string) => onMenuItemClickRef.current(commandName),
-				props.locale
-			);
-
 			const quitMenuItem = {
 				label: _('Quit'),
 				accelerator: keymapService.getAccelerator('quit'),
@@ -385,6 +427,10 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 			const newFolderItem = menuItemDic.newFolder;
 			const newSubFolderItem = menuItemDic.newSubFolder;
 			const printItem = menuItemDic.print;
+			const switchProfileItem = {
+				label: _('Switch profile'),
+				submenu: switchProfileMenuItems,
+			};
 
 			let toolsItems: any[] = [];
 
@@ -499,6 +545,8 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 					platforms: ['darwin'],
 				},
 
+				shim.isMac() ? noItem : switchProfileItem,
+
 				shim.isMac() ? {
 					label: _('Hide %s', 'Joplin'),
 					platforms: ['darwin'],
@@ -545,6 +593,7 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 						type: 'separator',
 					},
 					printItem,
+					switchProfileItem,
 				],
 			};
 
@@ -848,7 +897,21 @@ function useMenu(props: Props) {
 			clearTimeout(timeoutId);
 			timeoutId = null;
 		};
-	}, [props.routeName, props.pluginMenuItems, props.pluginMenus, keymapLastChangeTime, modulesLastChangeTime, props['spellChecker.language'], props['spellChecker.enabled'], props.plugins, props.customCss, props.locale]);
+	}, [
+		props.routeName,
+		props.pluginMenuItems,
+		props.pluginMenus,
+		keymapLastChangeTime,
+		modulesLastChangeTime,
+		props['spellChecker.language'],
+		props['spellChecker.enabled'],
+		props.plugins,
+		props.customCss,
+		props.locale,
+		props.profileConfig,
+		switchProfileMenuItems,
+		menuItemDic,
+	]);
 
 	useMenuStates(menu, props);
 
@@ -889,7 +952,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: AppState) => {
 	const whenClauseContext = stateToWhenClauseContext(state);
 
 	return {
-		menuItemProps: menuUtils.commandsToMenuItemProps(commandNames.concat(pluginCommandNames(state.pluginService.plugins)), whenClauseContext),
+		menuItemProps: menuUtils.commandsToMenuItemProps(commandNames.concat(getPluginCommandNames(state.pluginService.plugins)), whenClauseContext),
 		locale: state.settings.locale,
 		routeName: state.route.routeName,
 		selectedFolderId: state.selectedFolderId,
@@ -907,6 +970,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: AppState) => {
 		['spellChecker.enabled']: state.settings['spellChecker.enabled'],
 		plugins: state.pluginService.plugins,
 		customCss: state.customCss,
+		profileConfig: state.profileConfig,
 	};
 };
 

packages/app-desktop/gui/PromptDialog.jsx

@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ class PromptDialog extends React.Component {
 		}
 
 		const buttonComps = [];
+		if (buttonTypes.indexOf('create') >= 0) {
+			buttonComps.push(
+				<button key="create" disabled={!this.state.answer} style={styles.button} onClick={() => onClose(true, 'create')}>
+					{_('Create')}
+				</button>
+			);
+		}
 		if (buttonTypes.indexOf('ok') >= 0) {
 			buttonComps.push(
 				<button key="ok" disabled={!this.state.answer} style={styles.button} onClick={() => onClose(true, 'ok')}>

packages/app-desktop/gui/menuCommandNames.ts

@@ -60,5 +60,10 @@ export default function() {
 		'gotoAnything',
 		'commandPalette',
 		'openMasterPasswordDialog',
+		'addProfile',
+		'editProfileConfig',
+		'switchProfile1',
+		'switchProfile2',
+		'switchProfile3',
 	];
 }

packages/lib/BaseApplication.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ import SyncTargetNone from './SyncTargetNone';
 import { setRSA } from './services/e2ee/ppk';
 import RSA from './services/e2ee/RSA.node';
 import Resource from './models/Resource';
+import { ProfileConfig } from './services/profileConfig/types';
+import initProfile from './services/profileConfig/initProfile';
 
 const appLogger: LoggerWrapper = Logger.create('App');
 
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 	private eventEmitter_: any;
 	private scheduleAutoAddResourcesIID_: any = null;
 	private database_: any = null;
+	private profileConfig_: ProfileConfig = null;
 
 	protected showStackTraces_: boolean = false;
 	protected showPromptString_: boolean = false;
@@ -646,6 +649,12 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 	public initRedux() {
 		this.store_ = createStore(this.reducer, applyMiddleware(this.generalMiddlewareFn() as any));
 		setStore(this.store_);
+
+		this.store_.dispatch({
+			type: 'PROFILE_CONFIG_SET',
+			value: this.profileConfig_,
+		});
+
 		BaseModel.dispatch = this.store().dispatch;
 		FoldersScreenUtils.dispatch = this.store().dispatch;
 		// reg.dispatch = this.store().dispatch;
@@ -714,14 +723,16 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 		// https://immerjs.github.io/immer/docs/freezing
 		setAutoFreeze(initArgs.env === 'dev');
 
-		const profileDir = this.determineProfileDir(initArgs);
+		const rootProfileDir = this.determineProfileDir(initArgs);
+		const { profileDir, profileConfig, isSubProfile } = await initProfile(rootProfileDir);
+		this.profileConfig_ = profileConfig;
+
 		const resourceDirName = 'resources';
 		const resourceDir = `${profileDir}/${resourceDirName}`;
 		const tempDir = `${profileDir}/tmp`;
 		const cacheDir = `${profileDir}/cache`;
 
 		Setting.setConstant('env', initArgs.env);
-		Setting.setConstant('profileDir', profileDir);
 		Setting.setConstant('resourceDirName', resourceDirName);
 		Setting.setConstant('resourceDir', resourceDir);
 		Setting.setConstant('tempDir', tempDir);
@@ -778,6 +789,7 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 
 
 		appLogger.info(`Profile directory: ${profileDir}`);
+		appLogger.info(`Root profile directory: ${rootProfileDir}`);
 
 		this.database_ = new JoplinDatabase(new DatabaseDriverNode());
 		this.database_.setLogExcludedQueryTypes(['SELECT']);
@@ -838,6 +850,7 @@ export default class BaseApplication {
 		}
 
 		if ('welcomeDisabled' in initArgs) Setting.setValue('welcome.enabled', !initArgs.welcomeDisabled);
+		if (isSubProfile) Setting.setValue('welcome.enabled', false);
 
 		if (!Setting.value('api.token')) {
 			void EncryptionService.instance()

packages/lib/models/Setting.test.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
-import Setting, { SettingSectionSource } from '../models/Setting';
+import Setting, { SettingSectionSource, SettingStorage } from '../models/Setting';
 import { setupDatabaseAndSynchronizer, switchClient, expectThrow, expectNotThrow, msleep } from '../testing/test-utils';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { readFile, stat, mkdirp, writeFile, pathExists, readdir } from 'fs-extra';
 import Logger from '../Logger';
+import { defaultProfileConfig } from '../services/profileConfig/types';
+import { createNewProfile, saveProfileConfig } from '../services/profileConfig';
+import initProfile from '../services/profileConfig/initProfile';
 
 async function loadSettingsFromFile(): Promise<any> {
-	return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(Setting.settingFilePath, 'utf8'));
+	return JSON.parse(await readFile(Setting.settingFilePath, 'utf8'));
 }
 
+const switchToSubProfileSettings = async () => {
+	await Setting.reset();
+	const rootProfileDir = Setting.value('profileDir');
+	const profileConfigPath = `${rootProfileDir}/profiles.json`;
+	let profileConfig = defaultProfileConfig();
+	profileConfig = createNewProfile(profileConfig, 'Sub-profile');
+	profileConfig.currentProfile = 1;
+	await saveProfileConfig(profileConfigPath, profileConfig);
+	const { profileDir } = await initProfile(rootProfileDir);
+	await mkdirp(profileDir);
+	await Setting.load();
+};
+
 describe('models/Setting', function() {
 
 	beforeEach(async (done) => {
@@ -180,19 +196,19 @@ describe('models/Setting', function() {
 		{
 			// Double-check that timestamp is indeed changed when the content is
 			// changed.
-			const beforeStat = await fs.stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
+			const beforeStat = await stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
 			await msleep(1001);
 			Setting.setValue('sync.mobileWifiOnly', false);
 			await Setting.saveAll();
-			const afterStat = await fs.stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
+			const afterStat = await stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
 			expect(afterStat.mtime.getTime()).toBeGreaterThan(beforeStat.mtime.getTime());
 		}
 
 		{
-			const beforeStat = await fs.stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
+			const beforeStat = await stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
 			await msleep(1001);
 			Setting.setValue('sync.mobileWifiOnly', false);
-			const afterStat = await fs.stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
+			const afterStat = await stat(Setting.settingFilePath);
 			await Setting.saveAll();
 			expect(afterStat.mtime.getTime()).toBe(beforeStat.mtime.getTime());
 		}
@@ -200,7 +216,7 @@ describe('models/Setting', function() {
 
 	it('should handle invalid JSON', (async () => {
 		const badContent = '{ oopsIforgotTheQuotes: true}';
-		await fs.writeFile(Setting.settingFilePath, badContent, 'utf8');
+		await writeFile(Setting.settingFilePath, badContent, 'utf8');
 		await Setting.reset();
 
 		Logger.globalLogger.enabled = false;
@@ -208,12 +224,12 @@ describe('models/Setting', function() {
 		Logger.globalLogger.enabled = true;
 
 		// Invalid JSON file has been moved to .bak file
-		expect(await fs.pathExists(Setting.settingFilePath)).toBe(false);
+		expect(await pathExists(Setting.settingFilePath)).toBe(false);
 
-		const files = await fs.readdir(Setting.value('profileDir'));
+		const files = await readdir(Setting.value('profileDir'));
 		expect(files.length).toBe(1);
 		expect(files[0].endsWith('.bak')).toBe(true);
-		expect(await fs.readFile(`${Setting.value('profileDir')}/${files[0]}`, 'utf8')).toBe(badContent);
+		expect(await readFile(`${Setting.value('profileDir')}/${files[0]}`, 'utf8')).toBe(badContent);
 	}));
 
 	it('should allow applying default migrations', (async () => {
@@ -256,4 +272,67 @@ describe('models/Setting', function() {
 		expect(Setting.value('style.editor.contentMaxWidth')).toBe(600); // Changed
 	}));
 
+	it('should load sub-profile settings', async () => {
+		await Setting.reset();
+
+		Setting.setValue('locale', 'fr_FR'); // Global setting
+		Setting.setValue('theme', Setting.THEME_DARK); // Global setting
+		Setting.setValue('sync.target', 9); // Local setting
+		await Setting.saveAll();
+
+		await switchToSubProfileSettings();
+
+		expect(Setting.value('locale')).toBe('fr_FR'); // Should come from the root profile
+		expect(Setting.value('theme')).toBe(Setting.THEME_DARK); // Should come from the root profile
+		expect(Setting.value('sync.target')).toBe(0); // Should come from the local profile
+
+		// Also check that the special loadOne() function works as expected
+
+		expect((await Setting.loadOne('locale')).value).toBe('fr_FR');
+		expect((await Setting.loadOne('theme')).value).toBe(Setting.THEME_DARK);
+		expect((await Setting.loadOne('sync.target')).value).toBe(undefined);
+	});
+
+	it('should save sub-profile settings', async () => {
+		await Setting.reset();
+		Setting.setValue('locale', 'fr_FR'); // Global setting
+		Setting.setValue('theme', Setting.THEME_DARK); // Global setting
+		await Setting.saveAll();
+
+		await switchToSubProfileSettings();
+
+		Setting.setValue('locale', 'en_GB'); // Should be saved to global
+		Setting.setValue('sync.target', 8); // Should be saved to local
+
+		await Setting.saveAll();
+		await Setting.reset();
+		await Setting.load();
+
+		expect(Setting.value('locale')).toBe('en_GB');
+		expect(Setting.value('theme')).toBe(Setting.THEME_DARK);
+		expect(Setting.value('sync.target')).toBe(8);
+
+		// Double-check that actual file content is correct
+
+		const globalSettings = JSON.parse(await readFile(`${Setting.value('rootProfileDir')}/settings-1.json`, 'utf8'));
+		const localSettings = JSON.parse(await readFile(`${Setting.value('profileDir')}/settings-1.json`, 'utf8'));
+
+		expect(globalSettings).toEqual({
+			'$schema': 'https://joplinapp.org/schema/settings.json',
+			locale: 'en_GB',
+			theme: 2,
+		});
+
+		expect(localSettings).toEqual({
+			'$schema': 'https://joplinapp.org/schema/settings.json',
+			'sync.target': 8,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('all global settings should be saved to file', async () => {
+		for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(Setting.metadata())) {
+			if (v.isGlobal && v.storage !== SettingStorage.File) throw new Error(`Setting "${k}" is global but storage is not "file"`);
+		}
+	});
+
 });

packages/lib/models/Setting.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import SyncTargetRegistry from '../SyncTargetRegistry';
 import time from '../time';
 import FileHandler, { SettingValues } from './settings/FileHandler';
 import Logger from '../Logger';
+import mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings from '../services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings';
+import splitGlobalAndLocalSettings from '../services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings';
 const { sprintf } = require('sprintf-js');
 const ObjectUtils = require('../ObjectUtils');
 const { toTitleCase } = require('../string-utils.js');
@@ -59,6 +61,18 @@ export interface SettingItem {
 	autoSave?: boolean;
 	storage?: SettingStorage;
 	hideLabel?: boolean;
+
+	// In a multi-profile context, all settings are by default local - they take
+	// their value from the current profile. This flag can be set to specify
+	// that the setting is global and that its value should come from the root
+	// profile. This flag only applies to sub-profiles.
+	//
+	// At the moment, all global settings must be saved to file (have the
+	// storage attribute set to "file") because it's simpler to load the root
+	// profile settings.json than load the whole SQLite database. This
+	// restriction is not an issue normally since all settings that are
+	// considered global are also the user-facing ones.
+	isGlobal?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface SettingItems {
@@ -112,6 +126,7 @@ export interface Constants {
 	resourceDirName: string;
 	resourceDir: string;
 	profileDir: string;
+	rootProfileDir: string;
 	tempDir: string;
 	pluginDataDir: string;
 	cacheDir: string;
@@ -119,6 +134,7 @@ export interface Constants {
 	flagOpenDevTools: boolean;
 	syncVersion: number;
 	startupDevPlugins: string[];
+	isSubProfile: boolean;
 }
 
 interface SettingSections {
@@ -243,6 +259,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		resourceDirName: '',
 		resourceDir: '',
 		profileDir: '',
+		rootProfileDir: '',
 		tempDir: '',
 		pluginDataDir: '',
 		cacheDir: '',
@@ -250,6 +267,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		flagOpenDevTools: false,
 		syncVersion: 3,
 		startupDevPlugins: [],
+		isSubProfile: false,
 	};
 
 	public static autoSaveEnabled = true;
@@ -264,6 +282,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 	private static customSections_: SettingSections = {};
 	private static changedKeys_: string[] = [];
 	private static fileHandler_: FileHandler = null;
+	private static rootFileHandler_: FileHandler = null;
 	private static settingFilename_: string = 'settings.json';
 
 	static tableName() {
@@ -291,6 +310,10 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		return `${this.value('profileDir')}/${this.settingFilename_}`;
 	}
 
+	public static get rootSettingFilePath(): string {
+		return `${this.value('rootProfileDir')}/${this.settingFilename_}`;
+	}
+
 	public static get settingFilename(): string {
 		return this.settingFilename_;
 	}
@@ -306,6 +329,13 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		return this.fileHandler_;
 	}
 
+	public static get rootFileHandler(): FileHandler {
+		if (!this.rootFileHandler_) {
+			this.rootFileHandler_ = new FileHandler(this.rootSettingFilePath);
+		}
+		return this.rootFileHandler_;
+	}
+
 	static keychainService() {
 		if (!this.keychainService_) throw new Error('keychainService has not been set!!');
 		return this.keychainService_;
@@ -359,6 +389,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				public: false,
 				appTypes: [AppType.Desktop],
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'sync.openSyncWizard': {
@@ -669,6 +700,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					};
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'sync.3.auth': { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, public: false },
@@ -687,7 +719,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			'sync.9.context': { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, public: false },
 			'sync.10.context': { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, public: false },
 
-			'sync.maxConcurrentConnections': { value: 5, type: SettingItemType.Int, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, advanced: true, section: 'sync', label: () => _('Max concurrent connections'), minimum: 1, maximum: 20, step: 1 },
+			'sync.maxConcurrentConnections': { value: 5, type: SettingItemType.Int, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, advanced: true, section: 'sync', label: () => _('Max concurrent connections'), minimum: 1, maximum: 20, step: 1 },
 
 			// The active folder ID is guaranteed to be valid as long as there's at least one
 			// existing folder, so it is a good default in contexts where there's no currently
@@ -695,7 +727,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			// to the last folder that was selected.
 			activeFolderId: { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, public: false },
 
-			richTextBannerDismissed: { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false },
+			richTextBannerDismissed: { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: false },
 
 			firstStart: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false },
 			locale: {
@@ -708,6 +740,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return ObjectUtils.sortByValue(supportedLocalesToLanguages({ includeStats: true }));
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			dateFormat: {
 				value: Setting.DATE_FORMAT_1,
@@ -730,6 +763,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return options;
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			timeFormat: {
 				value: Setting.TIME_FORMAT_1,
@@ -746,6 +780,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return options;
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			theme: {
@@ -761,6 +796,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				section: 'appearance',
 				options: () => themeOptions(),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			themeAutoDetect: {
@@ -771,6 +807,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				public: true,
 				label: () => _('Automatically switch theme to match system theme'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			preferredLightTheme: {
@@ -786,6 +823,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				section: 'appearance',
 				options: () => themeOptions(),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			preferredDarkTheme: {
@@ -801,6 +839,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				section: 'appearance',
 				options: () => themeOptions(),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			notificationPermission: {
@@ -809,7 +848,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				public: false,
 			},
 
-			showNoteCounts: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false, advanced: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Show note counts') },
+			showNoteCounts: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: false, advanced: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Show note counts') },
 
 			layoutButtonSequence: {
 				value: Setting.LAYOUT_ALL,
@@ -824,9 +863,10 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					[Setting.LAYOUT_VIEWER_SPLIT]: _('%s / %s', _('Viewer'), _('Split View')),
 				}),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
-			uncompletedTodosOnTop: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'note', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], label: () => _('Uncompleted to-dos on top') },
+			uncompletedTodosOnTop: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, section: 'note', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], label: () => _('Uncompleted to-dos on top') },
-			showCompletedTodos: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'note', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], label: () => _('Show completed to-dos') },
+			showCompletedTodos: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, section: 'note', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], label: () => _('Show completed to-dos') },
 			'notes.sortOrder.field': {
 				value: 'user_updated_time',
 				type: SettingItemType.String,
@@ -845,6 +885,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return options;
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'editor.autoMatchingBraces': {
 				value: true,
@@ -854,8 +895,9 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				appTypes: [AppType.Desktop],
 				label: () => _('Auto-pair braces, parenthesis, quotations, etc.'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
-			'notes.sortOrder.reverse': { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'note', public: true, label: () => _('Reverse sort order'), appTypes: [AppType.Cli] },
+			'notes.sortOrder.reverse': { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, section: 'note', public: true, label: () => _('Reverse sort order'), appTypes: [AppType.Cli] },
 			// NOTE: A setting whose name starts with 'notes.sortOrder' is special,
 			// which implies changing the setting automatically triggers the reflesh of notes.
 			// See lib/BaseApplication.ts/generalMiddleware() for details.
@@ -868,6 +910,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				label: () => _('Show sort order buttons'),
 				// description: () => _('If true, sort order buttons (field + reverse) for notes are shown at the top of Note List.'),
 				appTypes: [AppType.Desktop],
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'notes.perFieldReversalEnabled': {
 				value: true,
@@ -931,8 +974,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
 			},
-			'folders.sortOrder.reverse': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, label: () => _('Reverse sort order'), appTypes: [AppType.Cli] },
+			'folders.sortOrder.reverse': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, label: () => _('Reverse sort order'), appTypes: [AppType.Cli] },
-			trackLocation: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'note', storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, label: () => _('Save geo-location with notes') },
+			trackLocation: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'note', storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, label: () => _('Save geo-location with notes') },
 
 			// 2020-10-29: For now disable the beta editor due to
 			// underlying bugs in the TextInput component which we cannot
@@ -947,6 +990,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				appTypes: [AppType.Mobile],
 				label: () => 'Opt-in to the editor beta',
 				description: () => 'This beta adds list continuation and syntax highlighting. If you find bugs, please report them in the Discourse forum.',
+				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			newTodoFocus: {
@@ -964,6 +1009,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					};
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			newNoteFocus: {
 				value: 'body',
@@ -980,6 +1026,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					};
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'plugins.states': {
@@ -1005,31 +1052,31 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			},
 
 			// Deprecated - use markdown.plugin.*
-			'markdown.softbreaks': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop] },
+			'markdown.softbreaks': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop] },
-			'markdown.typographer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop] },
+			'markdown.typographer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop] },
 			// Deprecated
 
-			'markdown.plugin.softbreaks': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable soft breaks')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.softbreaks': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable soft breaks')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.typographer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable typographer support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.typographer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable typographer support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.linkify': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Linkify')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.linkify': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Linkify')}${wysiwygYes}` },
 
-			'markdown.plugin.katex': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable math expressions')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.katex': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable math expressions')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.fountain': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Fountain syntax support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.fountain': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Fountain syntax support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.mermaid': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Mermaid diagrams support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.mermaid': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable Mermaid diagrams support')}${wysiwygYes}` },
 
-			'markdown.plugin.audioPlayer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable audio player')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.audioPlayer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable audio player')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.videoPlayer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable video player')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.videoPlayer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable video player')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.pdfViewer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: !mobilePlatform, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable PDF viewer')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.pdfViewer': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: !mobilePlatform, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable PDF viewer')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.mark': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ==mark== syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.mark': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ==mark== syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.footnote': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable footnotes')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.footnote': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable footnotes')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.toc': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable table of contents extension')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.toc': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable table of contents extension')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.sub': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ~sub~ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.sub': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ~sub~ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.sup': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ^sup^ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.sup': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ^sup^ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.deflist': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable deflist syntax')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.deflist': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable deflist syntax')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.abbr': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable abbreviation syntax')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.abbr': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable abbreviation syntax')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.emoji': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable markdown emoji')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.emoji': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable markdown emoji')}${wysiwygNo}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.insert': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ++insert++ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.insert': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable ++insert++ syntax')}${wysiwygYes}` },
-			'markdown.plugin.multitable': { storage: SettingStorage.File, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable multimarkdown table extension')}${wysiwygNo}` },
+			'markdown.plugin.multitable': { storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'markdownPlugins', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile, AppType.Desktop], label: () => `${_('Enable multimarkdown table extension')}${wysiwygNo}` },
 
 			// Tray icon (called AppIndicator) doesn't work in Ubuntu
 			// http://www.webupd8.org/2017/04/fix-appindicator-not-working-for.html
@@ -1046,9 +1093,10 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return platform === 'linux' ? _('Note: Does not work in all desktop environments.') : _('This will allow Joplin to run in the background. It is recommended to enable this setting so that your notes are constantly being synchronised, thus reducing the number of conflicts.');
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
-			startMinimized: { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'application', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Start application minimised in the tray icon') },
+			startMinimized: { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, section: 'application', public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Start application minimised in the tray icon') },
 
 			collapsedFolderIds: { value: [], type: SettingItemType.Array, public: false },
 
@@ -1072,9 +1120,9 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			},
 
 			// Deprecated in favour of windowContentZoomFactor
-			'style.zoom': { value: 100, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: false, storage: SettingStorage.File, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => '', minimum: 50, maximum: 500, step: 10 },
+			'style.zoom': { value: 100, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: false, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => '', minimum: 50, maximum: 500, step: 10 },
 
-			'style.editor.fontSize': { value: 15, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => _('Editor font size'), minimum: 4, maximum: 50, step: 1 },
+			'style.editor.fontSize': { value: 15, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => _('Editor font size'), minimum: 4, maximum: 50, step: 1 },
 			'style.editor.fontFamily':
 				(mobilePlatform) ?
 					({
@@ -1101,6 +1149,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 							};
 						},
 						storage: SettingStorage.File,
+						isGlobal: true,
 					}) : {
 						value: '',
 						type: SettingItemType.String,
@@ -1111,6 +1160,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 						description: () =>
 							_('Used for most text in the markdown editor. If not found, a generic proportional (variable width) font is used.'),
 						storage: SettingStorage.File,
+						isGlobal: true,
 					},
 			'style.editor.monospaceFontFamily': {
 				value: '',
@@ -1122,9 +1172,10 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				description: () =>
 					_('Used where a fixed width font is needed to lay out text legibly (e.g. tables, checkboxes, code). If not found, a generic monospace (fixed width) font is used.'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
-			'style.editor.contentMaxWidth': { value: 0, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => _('Editor maximum width'), description: () => _('Set it to 0 to make it take the complete available space. Recommended width is 600.') },
+			'style.editor.contentMaxWidth': { value: 0, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true,appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], section: 'appearance', label: () => _('Editor maximum width'), description: () => _('Set it to 0 to make it take the complete available space. Recommended width is 600.') },
 
 			'ui.layout': { value: {}, type: SettingItemType.Object, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop] },
 
@@ -1149,6 +1200,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				label: () => _('Custom stylesheet for rendered Markdown'),
 				section: 'appearance',
 				advanced: true,
+				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'style.customCss.joplinApp': {
 				value: null,
@@ -1167,6 +1220,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				section: 'appearance',
 				advanced: true,
 				description: () => 'CSS file support is provided for your convenience, but they are advanced settings, and styles you define may break from one version to the next. If you want to use them, please know that it might require regular development work from you to keep them working. The Joplin team cannot make a commitment to keep the application HTML structure stable.',
+				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'sync.clearLocalSyncStateButton': {
@@ -1192,9 +1247,9 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			},
 
 
-			autoUpdateEnabled: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, section: 'application', public: platform !== 'linux', appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Automatically check for updates') },
+			autoUpdateEnabled: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, section: 'application', public: platform !== 'linux', appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Automatically check for updates') },
-			'autoUpdate.includePreReleases': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'application', storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Get pre-releases when checking for updates'), description: () => _('See the pre-release page for more details: %s', 'https://joplinapp.org/prereleases') },
+			'autoUpdate.includePreReleases': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, section: 'application', storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Get pre-releases when checking for updates'), description: () => _('See the pre-release page for more details: %s', 'https://joplinapp.org/prereleases') },
-			'clipperServer.autoStart': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
+			'clipperServer.autoStart': { value: false, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: false },
 			'sync.interval': {
 				value: 300,
 				type: SettingItemType.Int,
@@ -1214,6 +1269,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					};
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'sync.mobileWifiOnly': {
 				value: false,
@@ -1223,12 +1279,13 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				label: () => _('Synchronise only over WiFi connection'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
 				appTypes: [AppType.Mobile],
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
-			noteVisiblePanes: { value: ['editor', 'viewer'], type: SettingItemType.Array, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop] },
+			noteVisiblePanes: { value: ['editor', 'viewer'], type: SettingItemType.Array, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop] },
 			tagHeaderIsExpanded: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop] },
 			folderHeaderIsExpanded: { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop] },
-			editor: { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, subType: 'file_path_and_args', storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli, AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Text editor command'), description: () => _('The editor command (may include arguments) that will be used to open a note. If none is provided it will try to auto-detect the default editor.') },
+			editor: { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, subType: 'file_path_and_args', storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli, AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Text editor command'), description: () => _('The editor command (may include arguments) that will be used to open a note. If none is provided it will try to auto-detect the default editor.') },
-			'export.pdfPageSize': { value: 'A4', type: SettingItemType.String, advanced: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, isEnum: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Page size for PDF export'), options: () => {
+			'export.pdfPageSize': { value: 'A4', type: SettingItemType.String, advanced: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, isEnum: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Page size for PDF export'), options: () => {
 				return {
 					'A4': _('A4'),
 					'Letter': _('Letter'),
@@ -1238,7 +1295,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					'Legal': _('Legal'),
 				};
 			} },
-			'export.pdfPageOrientation': { value: 'portrait', type: SettingItemType.String, storage: SettingStorage.File, advanced: true, isEnum: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Page orientation for PDF export'), options: () => {
+			'export.pdfPageOrientation': { value: 'portrait', type: SettingItemType.String, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, advanced: true, isEnum: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Desktop], label: () => _('Page orientation for PDF export'), options: () => {
 				return {
 					'portrait': _('Portrait'),
 					'landscape': _('Landscape'),
@@ -1261,6 +1318,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 					return output;
 				},
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'editor.spellcheckBeta': {
@@ -1270,6 +1328,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				appTypes: [AppType.Desktop],
 				label: () => 'Enable spell checking in Markdown editor? (WARNING BETA feature)',
 				description: () => 'Spell checker in the Markdown editor was previously unstable (cursor location was not stable, sometimes edits would not be saved or reflected in the viewer, etc.) however it appears to be more reliable now. If you notice any issue, please report it on GitHub or the Joplin Forum (Help -> Joplin Forum)',
+				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'net.customCertificates': {
@@ -1324,8 +1384,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
 			},
 
-			'api.token': { value: null, type: SettingItemType.String, public: false, storage: SettingStorage.File },
+			'api.token': { value: null, type: SettingItemType.String, public: false, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true },
-			'api.port': { value: null, type: SettingItemType.Int, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], description: () => _('Specify the port that should be used by the API server. If not set, a default will be used.') },
+			'api.port': { value: null, type: SettingItemType.Int, storage: SettingStorage.File, isGlobal: true, public: true, appTypes: [AppType.Cli], description: () => _('Specify the port that should be used by the API server. If not set, a default will be used.') },
 
 			'resourceService.lastProcessedChangeId': { value: 0, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: false },
 			'searchEngine.lastProcessedChangeId': { value: 0, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: false },
@@ -1357,8 +1417,8 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 			'camera.type': { value: 0, type: SettingItemType.Int, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile] },
 			'camera.ratio': { value: '4:3', type: SettingItemType.String, public: false, appTypes: [AppType.Mobile] },
 
-			'spellChecker.enabled': { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
+			'spellChecker.enabled': { value: true, type: SettingItemType.Bool, isGlobal: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
-			'spellChecker.language': { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
+			'spellChecker.language': { value: '', type: SettingItemType.String, isGlobal: true, storage: SettingStorage.File, public: false },
 
 			windowContentZoomFactor: {
 				value: 100,
@@ -1369,6 +1429,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				maximum: 300,
 				step: 10,
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'layout.folderList.factor': {
@@ -1384,6 +1445,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				'Thus an item with a factor of 2 will take twice as much space as an item with a factor of 1.' +
 				'Restart app to see changes.'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'layout.noteList.factor': {
 				value: 1,
@@ -1398,6 +1460,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				'Thus an item with a factor of 2 will take twice as much space as an item with a factor of 1.' +
 				'Restart app to see changes.'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 			'layout.note.factor': {
 				value: 2,
@@ -1412,6 +1475,7 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 				'Thus an item with a factor of 2 will take twice as much space as an item with a factor of 1.' +
 				'Restart app to see changes.'),
 				storage: SettingStorage.File,
+				isGlobal: true,
 			},
 
 			'syncInfoCache': {
@@ -1452,9 +1516,17 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 
 		this.metadata_ = Object.assign(this.metadata_, this.customMetadata_);
 
+		if (this.value('env') === Env.Dev) this.validateMetadata(this.metadata_);
+
 		return this.metadata_;
 	}
 
+	private static validateMetadata(md: SettingItems) {
+		for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(md)) {
+			if (v.isGlobal && v.storage !== SettingStorage.File) throw new Error(`Setting "${k}" is global but storage is not "file"`);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static skipDefaultMigrations() {
 		logger.info('Skipping all default migrations...');
 
@@ -1594,10 +1666,17 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 	// Low-level method to load a setting directly from the database. Should not be used in most cases.
 	public static async loadOne(key: string): Promise<CacheItem | null> {
 		if (this.keyStorage(key) === SettingStorage.File) {
-			const fromFile = await this.fileHandler.load();
+			let fileSettings = await this.fileHandler.load();
+
+			const md = this.settingMetadata(key);
+			if (md.isGlobal) {
+				const rootFileSettings = await this.rootFileHandler.load();
+				fileSettings = mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings(rootFileSettings, fileSettings);
+			}
+
 			return {
 				key,
-				value: fromFile[key],
+				value: fileSettings[key],
 			};
 		}
 
@@ -1664,11 +1743,17 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 		const itemsFromFile: CacheItem[] = [];
 
 		if (this.canUseFileStorage()) {
-			const fromFile = await this.fileHandler.load();
+			let fileSettings = await this.fileHandler.load();
-			for (const k of Object.keys(fromFile)) {
+
+			if (this.value('isSubProfile')) {
+				const rootFileSettings = await this.rootFileHandler.load();
+				fileSettings = mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings(rootFileSettings, fileSettings);
+			}
+
+			for (const k of Object.keys(fileSettings)) {
 				itemsFromFile.push({
 					key: k,
-					value: fromFile[k],
+					value: fileSettings[k],
 				});
 			}
 		}
@@ -2018,7 +2103,15 @@ class Setting extends BaseModel {
 
 		await BaseModel.db().transactionExecBatch(queries);
 
-		if (this.canUseFileStorage()) await this.fileHandler.save(valuesForFile);
+		if (this.canUseFileStorage()) {
+			if (this.value('isSubProfile')) {
+				const { globalSettings, localSettings } = splitGlobalAndLocalSettings(valuesForFile);
+				await this.rootFileHandler.save(globalSettings);
+				await this.fileHandler.save(localSettings);
+			} else {
+				await this.fileHandler.save(valuesForFile);
+			}
+		}
 
 		logger.debug('Settings have been saved.');
 	}

packages/lib/package.json

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@joplin/renderer": "~2.7",
     "@joplin/turndown": "^4.0.61",
     "@joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm": "^1.0.43",
+    "@types/nanoid": "^3.0.0",
     "async-mutex": "^0.1.3",
     "base-64": "^0.1.0",
     "base64-stream": "^1.0.0",

packages/lib/reducer.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Note from './models/Note';
 import Folder from './models/Folder';
 import BaseModel from './BaseModel';
 import { Store } from 'redux';
+import { ProfileConfig } from './services/profileConfig/types';
 const ArrayUtils = require('./ArrayUtils.js');
 const { ALL_NOTES_FILTER_ID } = require('./reserved-ids');
 const { createSelectorCreator, defaultMemoize } = require('reselect');
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export interface State {
 	isInsertingNotes: boolean;
 	hasEncryptedItems: boolean;
 	needApiAuth: boolean;
+	profileConfig: ProfileConfig;
 
 	// Extra reducer keys go here:
 	pluginService: PluginServiceState;
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ export const defaultState: State = {
 	isInsertingNotes: false,
 	hasEncryptedItems: false,
 	needApiAuth: false,
+	profileConfig: null,
 
 	pluginService: pluginServiceDefaultState,
 	shareService: shareServiceDefaultState,
@@ -1138,6 +1141,10 @@ const reducer = produce((draft: Draft<State> = defaultState, action: any) => {
 			draft.needApiAuth = action.value;
 			break;
 
+		case 'PROFILE_CONFIG_SET':
+			draft.profileConfig = action.value;
+			break;
+
 		}
 	} catch (error) {
 		error.message = `In reducer: ${error.message} Action: ${JSON.stringify(action)}`;

packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import Logger from '../Logger';
 import Setting from '../models/Setting';
 import shim from '../shim';
-import { fileExtension, basename, toSystemSlashes } from '../path-utils';
+import { basename, toSystemSlashes } from '../path-utils';
 import time from '../time';
 import { NoteEntity } from './database/types';
-
 import Note from '../models/Note';
+import { openFileWithExternalEditor } from './ExternalEditWatcher/utils';
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
-const { splitCommandString } = require('../string-utils');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 const { ErrorNotFound } = require('./rest/utils/errors');
 
@@ -213,68 +211,6 @@ export default class ExternalEditWatcher {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	textEditorCommand() {
-		const editorCommand = Setting.value('editor');
-		if (!editorCommand) return null;
-
-		const s = splitCommandString(editorCommand, { handleEscape: false });
-		const path = s.splice(0, 1);
-		if (!path.length) throw new Error(`Invalid editor command: ${editorCommand}`);
-
-		return {
-			path: path[0],
-			args: s,
-		};
-	}
-
-	async spawnCommand(path: string, args: string[], options: any) {
-		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-			// App bundles need to be opened using the `open` command.
-			// Additional args can be specified after --args, and the
-			// -n flag is needed to ensure that the app is always launched
-			// with the arguments. Without it, if the app is already opened,
-			// it will just bring it to the foreground without opening the file.
-			// So the full command is:
-			//
-			// open -n /path/to/editor.app --args -app-flag -bla /path/to/file.md
-			//
-			if (shim.isMac() && fileExtension(path) === 'app') {
-				args = args.slice();
-				args.splice(0, 0, '--args');
-				args.splice(0, 0, path);
-				args.splice(0, 0, '-n');
-				path = 'open';
-			}
-
-			const wrapError = (error: any) => {
-				if (!error) return error;
-				const msg = error.message ? [error.message] : [];
-				msg.push(`Command was: "${path}" ${args.join(' ')}`);
-				error.message = msg.join('\n\n');
-				return error;
-			};
-
-			try {
-				const subProcess = spawn(path, args, options);
-
-				const iid = shim.setInterval(() => {
-					if (subProcess && subProcess.pid) {
-						this.logger().debug(`Started editor with PID ${subProcess.pid}`);
-						shim.clearInterval(iid);
-						resolve(null);
-					}
-				}, 100);
-
-				subProcess.on('error', (error: any) => {
-					shim.clearInterval(iid);
-					reject(wrapError(error));
-				});
-			} catch (error) {
-				throw wrapError(error);
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
 	async openAndWatch(note: NoteEntity) {
 		if (!note || !note.id) {
 			this.logger().warn('ExternalEditWatcher: Cannot open note: ', note);
@@ -285,13 +221,7 @@ export default class ExternalEditWatcher {
 		if (!filePath) return;
 		this.watch(filePath);
 
-		const cmd = this.textEditorCommand();
+		await openFileWithExternalEditor(filePath, this.bridge_());
-		if (!cmd) {
-			this.bridge_().openExternal(`file://${filePath}`);
-		} else {
-			cmd.args.push(filePath);
-			await this.spawnCommand(cmd.path, cmd.args, { detached: true });
-		}
 
 		this.dispatch({
 			type: 'NOTE_FILE_WATCHER_ADD',

packages/lib/services/ExternalEditWatcher/utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/prefer-default-export */
+
+const { splitCommandString } = require('../../string-utils');
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import Logger from '../../Logger';
+import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
+import { fileExtension } from '../../path-utils';
+import shim from '../../shim';
+
+const logger = Logger.create('ExternalEditWatcher/utils');
+
+const spawnCommand = async (path: string, args: string[], options: any) => {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		// App bundles need to be opened using the `open` command.
+		// Additional args can be specified after --args, and the
+		// -n flag is needed to ensure that the app is always launched
+		// with the arguments. Without it, if the app is already opened,
+		// it will just bring it to the foreground without opening the file.
+		// So the full command is:
+		//
+		// open -n /path/to/editor.app --args -app-flag -bla /path/to/file.md
+		//
+		if (shim.isMac() && fileExtension(path) === 'app') {
+			args = args.slice();
+			args.splice(0, 0, '--args');
+			args.splice(0, 0, path);
+			args.splice(0, 0, '-n');
+			path = 'open';
+		}
+
+		const wrapError = (error: any) => {
+			if (!error) return error;
+			const msg = error.message ? [error.message] : [];
+			msg.push(`Command was: "${path}" ${args.join(' ')}`);
+			error.message = msg.join('\n\n');
+			return error;
+		};
+
+		try {
+			const subProcess = spawn(path, args, options);
+
+			const iid = shim.setInterval(() => {
+				if (subProcess && subProcess.pid) {
+					logger.debug(`Started editor with PID ${subProcess.pid}`);
+					shim.clearInterval(iid);
+					resolve(null);
+				}
+			}, 100);
+
+			subProcess.on('error', (error: any) => {
+				shim.clearInterval(iid);
+				reject(wrapError(error));
+			});
+		} catch (error) {
+			throw wrapError(error);
+		}
+	});
+};
+
+const textEditorCommand = () => {
+	const editorCommand = Setting.value('editor');
+	if (!editorCommand) return null;
+
+	const s = splitCommandString(editorCommand, { handleEscape: false });
+	const path = s.splice(0, 1);
+	if (!path.length) throw new Error(`Invalid editor command: ${editorCommand}`);
+
+	return {
+		path: path[0],
+		args: s,
+	};
+};
+
+export const openFileWithExternalEditor = async (filePath: string, bridge: any) => {
+	const cmd = textEditorCommand();
+	if (!cmd) {
+		bridge.openExternal(`file://${filePath}`);
+	} else {
+		cmd.args.push(filePath);
+		await spawnCommand(cmd.path, cmd.args, { detached: true });
+	}
+};

packages/lib/services/KeymapService.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ const defaultKeymapItems = {
 		{ accelerator: 'Option+Cmd+A', command: 'editor.sortSelectedLines' },
 		{ accelerator: 'Option+Up', command: 'editor.swapLineUp' },
 		{ accelerator: 'Option+Down', command: 'editor.swapLineDown' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Option+Cmd+1', command: 'switchProfile1' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Option+Cmd+2', command: 'switchProfile2' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Option+Cmd+3', command: 'switchProfile3' },
 	],
 	default: [
 		{ accelerator: 'Ctrl+N', command: 'newNote' },
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ const defaultKeymapItems = {
 		{ accelerator: 'Ctrl+Alt+S', command: 'editor.sortSelectedLines' },
 		{ accelerator: 'Alt+Up', command: 'editor.swapLineUp' },
 		{ accelerator: 'Alt+Down', command: 'editor.swapLineDown' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Ctrl+Alt+1', command: 'switchProfile1' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Ctrl+Alt+2', command: 'switchProfile2' },
+		{ accelerator: 'Ctrl+Alt+3', command: 'switchProfile3' },
 	],
 };
 

packages/lib/services/commands/MenuUtils.ts

@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import propsHaveChanged from './propsHaveChanged';
 const { createSelectorCreator, defaultMemoize } = require('reselect');
 const { createCachedSelector } = require('re-reselect');
 
-interface MenuItem {
+export interface MenuItem {
-	id: string;
+	id?: string;
-	label: string;
+	label?: string;
-	click: Function;
+	click?: Function;
 	role?: any;
+	type?: string;
 	accelerator?: string;
-	enabled: boolean;
+	checked?: boolean;
+	enabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface MenuItems {

packages/lib/services/commands/stateToWhenClauseContext.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export interface WhenClauseContext {
 	folderIsShared: boolean;
 	folderIsShareRoot: boolean;
 	joplinServerConnected: boolean;
+	hasMultiProfiles: boolean;
 }
 
 export default function stateToWhenClauseContext(state: State, options: WhenClauseContextOptions = null): WhenClauseContext {
@@ -82,5 +83,7 @@ export default function stateToWhenClauseContext(state: State, options: WhenClau
 		folderIsShared: commandFolder ? !!commandFolder.share_id : false,
 
 		joplinServerConnected: [9, 10].includes(state.settings['sync.target']),
+
+		hasMultiProfiles: state.profileConfig && state.profileConfig.profiles.length > 1,
 	};
 }

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
+import { createNewProfile, getProfileFullPath, loadProfileConfig, saveProfileConfig } from '.';
+import { tempFilePath } from '../../testing/test-utils';
+import { defaultProfile, defaultProfileConfig, ProfileConfig } from './types';
+
+describe('profileConfig/index', () => {
+
+	it('should load a default profile config', async () => {
+		const filePath = tempFilePath('json');
+		const config = await loadProfileConfig(filePath);
+		expect(config).toEqual(defaultProfileConfig());
+	});
+
+	it('should load a profile config', async () => {
+		const filePath = tempFilePath('json');
+		const config = {
+			profiles: [
+				{
+					name: 'Testing',
+					path: '.',
+				},
+			],
+		};
+		await writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(config), 'utf8');
+
+		const loadedConfig = await loadProfileConfig(filePath);
+
+		const expected: ProfileConfig = {
+			version: 1,
+			currentProfile: 0,
+			profiles: [
+				{
+					name: 'Testing',
+					path: '.',
+				},
+			],
+		};
+
+		expect(loadedConfig).toEqual(expected);
+	});
+
+
+	it('should load a save a config', async () => {
+		const filePath = tempFilePath('json');
+		const config = defaultProfileConfig();
+		await saveProfileConfig(filePath, config);
+
+		const loadedConfig = await loadProfileConfig(filePath);
+		expect(config).toEqual(loadedConfig);
+	});
+
+	it('should get a profile full path', async () => {
+		const profile1 = {
+			...defaultProfile(),
+			path: 'profile-abcd',
+		};
+
+		const profile2 = {
+			...defaultProfile(),
+			path: '.',
+		};
+
+		const profile3 = {
+			...defaultProfile(),
+			path: 'profiles/pro/',
+		};
+
+		expect(getProfileFullPath(profile1, '/test/root')).toBe('/test/root/profile-abcd');
+		expect(getProfileFullPath(profile2, '/test/root')).toBe('/test/root');
+		expect(getProfileFullPath(profile3, '/test/root')).toBe('/test/root/profiles/pro');
+	});
+
+	it('should create a new profile', async () => {
+		let config = defaultProfileConfig();
+		config = createNewProfile(config, 'new profile 1');
+		config = createNewProfile(config, 'new profile 2');
+
+		expect(config.profiles.length).toBe(3);
+		expect(config.profiles[1].name).toBe('new profile 1');
+		expect(config.profiles[2].name).toBe('new profile 2');
+
+		expect(config.profiles[1].path).not.toBe(config.profiles[2].path);
+	});
+
+});

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { rtrimSlashes, trimSlashes } from '../../path-utils';
+import shim from '../../shim';
+import { defaultProfile, defaultProfileConfig, Profile, ProfileConfig } from './types';
+import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid/non-secure';
+
+export const loadProfileConfig = async (profileConfigPath: string): Promise<ProfileConfig> => {
+	if (!(await shim.fsDriver().exists(profileConfigPath))) {
+		return defaultProfileConfig();
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const configContent = await shim.fsDriver().readFile(profileConfigPath, 'utf8');
+		const parsed = JSON.parse(configContent) as ProfileConfig;
+		if (!parsed.profiles || !parsed.profiles.length) throw new Error(`Profile config should contain at least one profile: ${profileConfigPath}`);
+
+		const output: ProfileConfig = {
+			...defaultProfileConfig(),
+			...parsed,
+		};
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < output.profiles.length; i++) {
+			output.profiles[i] = {
+				...defaultProfile(),
+				...output.profiles[i],
+			};
+		}
+
+		if (output.currentProfile < 0 || output.currentProfile >= output.profiles.length) throw new Error(`Profile index out of range: ${output.currentProfile}`);
+		return output;
+	} catch (error) {
+		error.message = `Could not parse profile configuration: ${profileConfigPath}: ${error.message}`;
+		throw error;
+	}
+};
+
+export const saveProfileConfig = async (profileConfigPath: string, config: ProfileConfig) => {
+	await shim.fsDriver().writeFile(profileConfigPath, JSON.stringify(config, null, '\t'), 'utf8');
+};
+
+export const getCurrentProfile = (config: ProfileConfig): Profile => {
+	return { ...config.profiles[config.currentProfile] };
+};
+
+export const getProfileFullPath = (profile: Profile, rootProfilePath: string): string => {
+	let p = trimSlashes(profile.path);
+	if (p === '.') p = '';
+	return rtrimSlashes(`${rtrimSlashes(rootProfilePath)}/${p}`);
+};
+
+const profileIdGenerator = customAlphabet('0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 8);
+
+export const createNewProfile = (config: ProfileConfig, profileName: string) => {
+	const newConfig = {
+		...config,
+		profiles: config.profiles.slice(),
+	};
+
+	newConfig.profiles.push({
+		name: profileName,
+		path: `profile-${profileIdGenerator()}`,
+	});
+
+	return newConfig;
+};

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/initProfile.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { getCurrentProfile, getProfileFullPath, loadProfileConfig } from '.';
+import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
+
+export default async (rootProfileDir: string) => {
+	const profileConfig = await loadProfileConfig(`${rootProfileDir}/profiles.json`);
+	const profileDir = getProfileFullPath(getCurrentProfile(profileConfig), rootProfileDir);
+	const isSubProfile = profileConfig.currentProfile !== 0;
+	Setting.setConstant('isSubProfile', isSubProfile);
+	Setting.setConstant('rootProfileDir', rootProfileDir);
+	Setting.setConstant('profileDir', profileDir);
+	return {
+		profileConfig,
+		profileDir,
+		isSubProfile,
+	};
+};

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/mergeGlobalAndLocalSettings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
+
+export default (rootSettings: Record<string, any>, subProfileSettings: Record<string, any>) => {
+	const output: Record<string, any> = { ...subProfileSettings };
+
+	for (const k of Object.keys(output)) {
+		const md = Setting.settingMetadata(k);
+		if (md.isGlobal) {
+			delete output[k];
+			if (k in rootSettings) output[k] = rootSettings[k];
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (const k of Object.keys(rootSettings)) {
+		const md = Setting.settingMetadata(k);
+		if (md.isGlobal) {
+			output[k] = rootSettings[k];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return output;
+};

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/splitGlobalAndLocalSettings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import Setting from '../../models/Setting';
+import { SettingValues } from '../../models/settings/FileHandler';
+
+export default (settings: SettingValues) => {
+	const globalSettings: SettingValues = {};
+	const localSettings: SettingValues = {};
+
+	for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(settings)) {
+		const md = Setting.settingMetadata(k);
+
+		if (md.isGlobal) {
+			globalSettings[k] = v;
+		} else {
+			localSettings[k] = v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return { globalSettings, localSettings };
+};

packages/lib/services/profileConfig/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export interface Profile {
+	name: string;
+	path: string;
+}
+
+export interface ProfileConfig {
+	version: number;
+	currentProfile: number;
+	profiles: Profile[];
+}
+
+export const defaultProfile = (): Profile => {
+	return {
+		name: 'Default',
+		path: '.',
+	};
+};
+
+export const defaultProfileConfig = (): ProfileConfig => {
+	return {
+		version: 1,
+		currentProfile: 0,
+		profiles: [defaultProfile()],
+	};
+};
+
+export type ProfileSwitchClickHandler = (profileIndex: number)=> void;

packages/lib/testing/test-utils.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ const supportDir = `${oldTestDir}/support`;
 // various space-in-path issues.
 const dataDir = `${oldTestDir}/test data/${suiteName_}`;
 const profileDir = `${dataDir}/profile`;
+const rootProfileDir = profileDir;
 
 fs.mkdirpSync(logDir);
 fs.mkdirpSync(baseTempDir);
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ Setting.setConstant('tempDir', baseTempDir);
 Setting.setConstant('cacheDir', baseTempDir);
 Setting.setConstant('pluginDataDir', `${profileDir}/profile/plugin-data`);
 Setting.setConstant('profileDir', profileDir);
+Setting.setConstant('rootProfileDir', rootProfileDir);
 Setting.setConstant('env', 'dev');
 
 BaseService.logger_ = logger;
@@ -271,6 +273,8 @@ async function switchClient(id: number, options: any = null) {
 	await Setting.reset();
 	Setting.settingFilename = `settings-${id}.json`;
 
+	Setting.setConstant('profileDir', rootProfileDir);
+	Setting.setConstant('rootProfileDir', rootProfileDir);
 	Setting.setConstant('resourceDirName', resourceDirName(id));
 	Setting.setConstant('resourceDir', resourceDir(id));
 	Setting.setConstant('pluginDir', pluginDir(id));
@@ -330,6 +334,9 @@ async function setupDatabase(id: number = null, options: any = null) {
 	// running.
 	await Setting.reset();
 
+	Setting.setConstant('profileDir', rootProfileDir);
+	Setting.setConstant('rootProfileDir', rootProfileDir);
+
 	if (databases_[id]) {
 		BaseModel.setDb(databases_[id]);
 		await clearDatabase(id);

packages/lib/uuid.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const createUuidV4 = require('uuid/v4');
-const { customAlphabet } = require('nanoid/non-secure');
+import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid/non-secure';
 
 // https://zelark.github.io/nano-id-cc/
 // https://security.stackexchange.com/a/41749/1873

yarn.lock

@@ -3118,6 +3118,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/fs-extra": ^9.0.6
     "@types/jest": ^26.0.15
     "@types/js-yaml": ^4.0.2
+    "@types/nanoid": ^3.0.0
     "@types/node": ^14.14.6
     "@types/node-rsa": ^1.1.1
     "@types/react": ^17.0.20
@@ -5576,6 +5577,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/nanoid@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.0.0
+  resolution: "@types/nanoid@npm:3.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    nanoid: "*"
+  checksum: 6e84d71ce2b8a2e23b20a018249a2e6a1c36b4ea0f45ff0265e8db514010ccf13141d87d6892f35b8e50ca5832d1d04ddc27062b5e69f91db2d5b3c5321c8c56
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/node-fetch@npm:1.6.9":
   version: 1.6.9
   resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:1.6.9"
@@ -21819,6 +21829,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"nanoid@npm:*":
+  version: 3.3.2
+  resolution: "nanoid@npm:3.3.2"
+  bin:
+    nanoid: bin/nanoid.cjs
+  checksum: 376717f0685251fad77850bd84c6b8d57837c71eeb1c05be7c742140cc1835a5a2953562add05166d6dbc8fb65f3fdffa356213037b967a470e1691dc3e7b9cc
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "nanoid@npm:^2.1.1":
   version: 2.1.11
   resolution: "nanoid@npm:2.1.11"