@string qt-layout-name = legacy has not changed. It is in "leoSettings.leo" under the node *Qt Gui settings*.
@string qt-style-name = None is just under the same node *Qt Gui settings*. On Monday, October 28, 2024 at 10:29:49 PM UTC+11 [email protected] wrote: > The problem is that we don't activate VR/VR3 at first because the user > might not want to see it and it's pretty distracting when you don't want > it. Until the first time VR3 is shown in a layout, it's quiescent. The same > thing probably happens for the F11 command. I thought I had checked all > the combinations but apparently not. I'll work out how to make it work as > intended. VR works a little differently so when VR3 is not enabled I think > that Help does show initially. > > About the settings, the last I looked, the setting in LeoSettings.leo was > for "legacy". I didn't know it had been changed. I also didn't know the > name of the setting had changed. Grrr. I don't like this new name because > "style" could mean many things but "layout" is more specific. "Style" tends > to be used more for things like color, font, etc. I want setting's name > changed back, or to something else with "layout" in its name. The name > "qt-layout-name" was good because it only applies for the Qt GUI, it's > about layouts, and specifically it's the actual name of the layout you > want. The new name is not about layouts any more so I don't like it. > > On Monday, October 28, 2024 at 3:20:40 AM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Hello Edward, hello Thomas, >> >> Edward K. Ream schrieb am Samstag, 26. Oktober 2024 um 13:36:51 UTC+2: >> >> On Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:05:12 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote: >> >> PR #4129 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/pull/4129> fixes the >> help-for-layouts command and improves the text of several docstrings. >> >> >> There were some ruffled features between Thomas and myself yesterday. >> Sometimes that happens even in the best collaborations. What matters is >> that the result is much better than what either of us would have done >> separately. The PR acknowledges Thomas's crucial insight: synthesizing the >> text of the help-for-layouts and show-layouts commands from the docstrings >> of the commands themselves. >> >> >> I tried to do a re-rest of the latest changes - and - noticed that there >> is a surprising interaction b/w the ~ final ~ layout system implementation >> & the help system. >> >> *NO help info is not displayed at all until I explicitly performed a >> 'layout-restore-to-settings' !* >> >> This behavior does not show up - IF - you test in a ~ fresh ~ >> installation, because for the new user the 'legacy / none' setting is >> pre-configured in "leoSettings.leo". >> >> When I looked further into it I found out that in "myLeoSeetings.leo" I'm >> still using >> >> - @string qt-*layout*-name = vertical-thirds # Qt Gui settings ... >> >> while in "leoSettings.leo" it has been (recently?) renamed to >> >> - @string qt-*style*-name = None # Qt Gui settings >> >> Are both of you aware of that situation ? >> >> With kind regards, >> >> Viktor >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/3c96f953-b5e2-4e64-9c29-e21f27010ff1n%40googlegroups.com.
