On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | Hi
> >
> | While testing other stuff I noticed a behaviour about
> | .lyx/preferences that means it (at least) should get a small warning
> | text in the beginning.
> >
> | Here's an example of the "problem":
> >
> | 1. Add \bind "C-o" "self-insert Oops" to .lyx/preferences
> | 2. Start lyx and verify that C-o inserts "Oops;", so far so good...
> | 3. Edit->Preferences and choose "Save"
> | (you can toggle something twice to activate the Save-button)
> | 4. Exit lyx
> | 5. Start lyx and verify that C-o no longer works.
> >
> | Why? Well I guess lyx isn't expecting a \bind-statement in preferences
> | and has no code for handling unexpected statements. Then when the
> | preferences are saved, unexpected statements are simply ignored and
> | hence lost.
>
> Who told you that you should be able to edit preferences manually at
> all?
>
Who needs to be told.. I just do it ;-) Seriosoly thoug, as I wrote:
I find it quite convenient to define temporary bindings
/command-sequences in prefereces, since I'd otherwise have to
modify one of the standard .bind-files.
This really is practical when you're testing a temporary thing,
typically when playing with a command sequnce that you want to bind.
> | Simple solution: Add a message to the beginning of .lyx/preferences
> | saying something like "edit at your own risk".
>
> No. "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE"
>
> would be better.
>
> >
> | Intermediate solution: Add a bind-section to preferences?
>
> yes. with gui.
>
> >
> | Advanced solution: Change how lyx handles configuration statements that
> | don't belong to one of the categories in preferences, i.e. let them either
> | stay where they are, or move them to an 'unknown'-section.
>
> no.
>
What about:
>> Thoughts?
>> Should I bugzilla this?
Since I hadn't seen the message before, maybe it's moot? (See other mail).
Or should I bugzilla the idea of adding a bind-section?
An alternative suggestion is that a preference setting is added that
makes LyX read a manually created preferences file (after LyX has read
.lyx/preferences) ... then you could manually fiddle with this file when
you want to play with keybindings etc.
I think it'll be a bit too "omständigt" to define command-sequences in
the preferences dialog (compared to editing a simple text-file, similar to
the .bind-files) -- you'll have to go to the dialog every time you make a
change, and then save, stop lyx and restart. OTOH, if lyx actually
interpreted the definitions when you 'apply', that'd be quite different.
/Christian
--
Christian Ridderström http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
