[KPhotoAlbum] Multi-image annotation dialog annoyance

[Robert Krawitz]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 23:02:21 +0100, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> >> 
>> >> 1) If I close one of the widgets (or turn it off in the
>> >> 
>> >>    Options/Settings dialog), it goes away, but the next time I enter
>> >>    the annotation dialog, all of the default widgets come back
>> > 
>> > You need to save the window layout to make it permanent. In the
>> > annotation dialog, select "Options…|Configure window layout…|Save
>> > current window setup".
>> 
>> That's awfully unintuitive (especially since you have to go through
>> Configure window layout..." once for each change you want to make.  It
>> would make more sense as an actual window (not just a menu) that would
>> let you make your selections and then click save (or apply/save/cancel).
>
> I think I don't follow you here. What's preventing you from
> rearranging the dock widgets and saving once afterwards?

Suppose I want to add 

>> > You should not get that button if you compile without libkface. If
>> > you really don't want it, I think it's best to remove
>> > libkf5kface-dev (on debian-style systems; probably libkface-devel on
>> > rpm distros).
>> 
>> This should be a runtime option, not a compile time option.
>> Distributions are going to compile it with libkface; it should be
>> possible to disable it.
>
> That situation did not change with kphotoalbum 5.

Didn't say it was, just my suggestion for a change.
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