Re: qt-settings file

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 10/08/2013 01:17 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> With the upcoming release, I think we will want to replace any existing
> ~/.config/octave/qt-settings files that happen to be installed and
> replace them with our current default version. Previous versions of
> these files could be from very old pre-release versions of the GUI that
> simply don't work properly. The only question for me is whether we
> should do this unconditionally or give people the option of keeping
> their existing file, along with some strong encouragement that if there
> is any doubt they should allow the file to be replaced. I'm also not
> sure whether we need to bother backing up the existing file. I guess I
> would vote no, as I don't think it is really all that important, but
> maybe someone will convince me otherwise.
>
> Comments?

Only one: I think fairly early on we tried to make the options 
descriptive rather than numeric so that there isn't confusion resulting 
from what the quantity within the settings file means if the version 
changes.  My thinking is that it is only the really old versions that 
are a problem, but I think most beta testers are beyond that because 
there was a problem with Octave freezing around then if the settings 
file wasn't just so.  Torsten did most of the work there, so he'll have 
a better perspective.

Dan