On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, R. Lahaye wrote:
> Angus Leeming wrote:
> > The idea behind the buttons in the preferences dialog is
> > "Close/Cancel": self explanatory?
> > "Apply": apply these changes for this session only.
> > "Save": save these changes so that they can be applied
> > next time also.
> > Would you rather press Save and then Close or have the button called
> > Save&Close?
>
> I would then use merely three buttons in this dialog:
> <OK>: apply the preferences to the current document(s)
> (do NOT save them for a next session).
> Close also the preferences dialog.
>
> <Save>: save the the settings to file and *apply* also
> to current document(s); these settings will
> also be used next time LyX is started.
> Do NOT close the dialog.
>
> <Cancel>: close the window without saving or applying anything.
Well now. You are merely introducing a slightly different way of doing
things. One way is no better than the other IMO. Users will soon learn what
happens.
> I would strongly recommend to drop the <Restore> button.
> What does it restore? The saved settings, or the 'OK'ed
> settings? Or the system-wide settings? Far too un-intuitive!
This is now it works.
You play with the settings, but decide that you don't want to apply them, so
"Restore" the settings to the current contents of lyxrc (ie, what are
displayed should you press Cancel and then launch the dialog again).
A
