[Geany-devel] Unhide preferences

[Lex Trotman]

On 22 October 2010 03:10, Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:58:43 +0300
> Dimitar Zhekov <dimitar.zhekov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > I wasn't thinking about visually separating the prefs. Perhaps this
>> > could be done by having 2 different treeview parent items, rather than
>> > having to switch tabs (as Lex suggests). That way the user can see all
>> > hidden prefs on screen at once.
>>
>> I think a "You need to restart Geany for this setting to take effect"
>> in the editing/infomration area below the list will suffice. Using
>
> Yes, let's keep it simple.

Sure, requiring a restart for all of them is safe.

>
>> the x11 SM reverse option parsing, even a "Restart Now" button can be
>> written. :) But all that's secondary.
>>
>> There isn't much entusiasm about $subject, but at least nobody is
>> against the idea. So I'll give it a try this weekend.

Of course the "problem" that is likely to generate the most heat is
what to call these prefs :-D, they can't continue to be called
"hidden" as they are now visible in a GUI.

Since these are meant to be rarely used preferences I'd suggest the
name needs to reflect that, so also justifying them being separate
from other preferences on the same topic, otherwise there will be
continual suggestions that they be moved to be with the other
preferences on that topic.

So to start the ball rolling, I'll suggest "extra" or additional" as
the tab labels and "Extra/Additional rarely used preferences" as a
bold title on the tab and the documentation. Let the disagreements
start :-)

Cheers
Lex

>
> I like the idea.
>
> Nick
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