[Konsole-devel] [Bug 49013] Why a menu entry to save settings?

[Thibaut Cousin]

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------- Additional Comments From cousin at in2p3.fr  2002-10-11 15:49 -------
Subject: Re:  Why a menu entry to save settings?

  That is why I said that Konsole was a bit special compared with ordinary 
applications. With an office-oriented application, I would have said it is 
almost a bug. With Konsole it is not so obvious, I agree.

  Anyway, I watched my users frequently, and several complained that Konsole 
never kept their settings. They had never seen the menu entry "Save settings" 
because they didn't expect it. It was obvious for them that once you 
configure something and click OK, it is saved, if I can say so.
  You could say that the distinction you make between "change settings of 
current session" and "change defaults for sessions" is irrelevant, from their 
point of view.

  I'm just reporting what I saw from users. Most of them set them Konsole 
always the same way, so changes just for one session do not interest them.

  If you really want to keep things as they are, here is a little suggestion: 
extend the configuration dialog box so that it has all the options the menu 
has. This way, changes made directly in the menu are temporary and changes 
made in the dialog box are permanent.
  Maybe I should launch the discussion in kde-usability? What do you think of 
it?
  Regards,

Le Vendredi 11 Octobre 2002 15:38, vous avez écrit :
> ------- Additional Comments From binner at kde.org  2002-10-11 15:38 -------
> How do you suggest to differ between "change settings of current session"
> and "change defaults for sessions"?