RE: [lmi] calculation summary GUI

[Boutin, Wendy]

Evgeniy Tarassov wrote:
> On 11/8/06, Boutin, Wendy <address@hidden> wrote:
> > [Please reply to all so we get immediate responses in
> > the office]
> [Replying to all and adding your (Wendy) two other addresses so that
> the mail gets delivered faster]

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

> > I'm testing the new calculation summary GUI and would
> > like to offer a suggestion: display newly selected
> > columns when 'OK' is selected in the calculation
> > summary GUI instead of clicking 'OK', then editing
> > the individual ('Ctrl-E'), and rerunning the illustration.
> > I see logic in using only the calculation summary GUI
> > to change the displayed columns, but maybe there's a
> > more technical reason for keeping it the way it is,
> > so I'm interested in hearing if that's the case.
> 
> Sorry i don't really understand what should it do. Is it about:
> 1) displaying the "calculation summary column selection" dialog
> (File->Properties) every time  an illustration data is changed via
> "calculation summary" dialog (Ctrl-E or via Illustration->Edit_cell)?
> [or]
> 2) recalculating the "calculation summary" html output (the window
> with the summary data in it) automatically when user changes
> "calculation summary column selection" (File->Properties)?

The second one: 2). After discussing this with Rick, who's 
discussed it with Greg too, I think there are a few details 
to consider. Notably, what to do if there are multiple 
calculation summaries open in the program. 

> > Also, I noticed that saving a file causes the new selected
> > columns to become the default when running a new illustration,
> > or even closing the program and starting over. I assume it
> > happens because the columns are written to 
> 'configurable_settings.xml',
> 
> Yes, it is because configurable_settings.xml is overwritten by the
> application and gets the new values written in it.
> Probably the question is more about:
> Do we want to treat "calculation summary column selection" as a global
> persistent property or as a local (local to running session, or local
> to an illustration?) property?

This is my trouble spot; I keep confusing the global versus local
settings. In the global arena, I think it works as it should.

> Maybe that column selection could be added into the illustration
> editing dialog too (just right after "supplemental report" tab). So
> that a user could change the global property value (stored in
> configurable_settings.xml), and also change locally (vis-a-vis the
> particular illustration) the calculation summary column selection. Do
> you think it would improve the usability? And more importantly would
> not it confuse users (having two places to edit the same thing could
> confuse)?

Actually, I think it may confuse users, but that's just my opinion.
Does anyone else have a vote?

> > but is there a way to maintain the original default even if
> > a file gets saved?
> 
> I think it is related to Greg's message
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2006-11/msg00023.html

I agree. 

> > Staggered formatting could be a real problem to users,
> > but I interpret Evgeniy's response here:
> >   http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lmi/2006-11/msg00004.html
> > to mean that would require work in the wx library
> > and I doubt were armed to do that, right?
> 
> I think it is fixed in 20061108T1903Z commit. The html gets slightly
> bigger but it does not seem to affect the performance.

I just looked at it and it's beautiful! Exactly what I want to
see for line spacing, header spacing, and when resizing the
calculation summary window. Thanks.

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