Am 25.09.2011 um 16:37 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Stephan Witt wrote: >> The next thing to add would be the appropriate preferences interface for the >> default document language. > > Note that this very preference has been removed some time ago. The default > language is set via the Document Defaults (defaults.lyx), and this setting > overrides a pref anyway (defaults.lyx settings are used when you create a > "new" document).
Yes, you're right. But I thought it makes some sense because of that part of the discussion in thread "Re: (more on) document language changing": > Am 19.09.2011 um 09:16 schrieb Guenter Milde: >> On 2011-09-18, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> Moreover, LyX already proposes a neat (although not very intuitive at >> first sight, or perhaps badly worded) method to set your own defaults >> for documents: 'Save as Document Defaults'. When one is systematically >> unhappy with the default language for a document, one should switch it >> to, say, German, and 'Save Defaults'. > > One problem with this approach is that it saves *all* current settings. > > So, please document in the tutorial (or another prominent place) the receipe > to change just the document language: > > 1. open a new document (File>New) > 2. change the language (Document>Settings>Language) > 3. in the Dialogue, click the [Save as Document Defaults] button. But now I agree it doesn't make much sense and am asking therefor: why was the default_language lyxrc-variable not removed too then? Obviously not the preference was removed but the user interface for it... Stephan
